Health

[ad_1] The PNP Highway Patrol Group establishes a mobile checkpoint along EDSA in Quezon City amidst the enhanced community quarantine on April 27, 2020. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News MANILA – People will be allowed to travel to work from one area under general community quarantine (GCQ) to another area under …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Several supposed discrepancies on the COVID-19 patients ’data – ranging from changes in gender to patients recorded as dead but are actually alive – have been pointed out by the University of the Philippines (UP) COVID-19 response team. According to a Facebook post by the UP …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday that the Philippines now has 30 laboratories across the country that are capable of detecting SARS CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This comes after DOH approved accreditation by the Asia Hospital and Medical Center and Allegiant Regional Care …

[ad_1] Migrant workers living in dormitories make up the majority of the remaining cases. PHOTO ST: CHONG JUN LIANG SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 884 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore as of Tuesday noon (May 12), bringing the total count to 24,671. These include three …

[ad_1] House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. INQUIRER file photo / JOAN BONDOC MANILA, Philippines – As the public and several members of the lower chamber call for the House of Representatives to finally tackle ABS-CBN’s bid for franchise, Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano reminded that “a hearing does not mean automatic …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 11) – Metro Manila, Laguna province, and Cebu City will be placed under “modified” enhanced community quarantine from May 16 to May 31, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced Tuesday. I explained the threat of COVID-19 is still present in these three high-risk areas, but …

[ad_1] LEGASPI CITY –– The province of Albay will face a situation of “complex disaster” with the threat of tropical depression “Ambo” expected during the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19). Cedric Daep, chief of Albay’s Office of Public Security Emergency Management and executive officer of the Provincial Office of Disaster Risk …

[ad_1] The President of the Senate, Vicente Sotto III Manila, Philippines – Senate President Vicente Sotto III is asking the government to expand mass tests for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as areas currently under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) anticipate a transition to a period of community quarantine. general more …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump insisted his administration has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on coronavirus testing, even as the White House itself became a potent symbol of the risk facing Americans everywhere by belatedly ordering everyone who enters the West Wing to wear a mask. President Donald Trump …

[ad_1] The changes to the country’s strictest form of quarantine allows more industries to resume operations while giving local governments the power to declare hard lockdowns in barangays with COVID-19 cases Published 2:02 PM, May 12, 2020 Updated 2:57 PM, May 12, 2020 NEW MEASURES. Policemen enforce a ‘total lockdown’ …