[ad_1] Child Dies From Rare COVID-19-Related Disease in the US (Agence France-Presse) – May 9, 2020 – 10:00 a.m. NEW YORK, United States – A five-year-old boy in New York State died of a rare inflammatory disease believed to be caused by the new coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday. …
Read More »DOH OKs coronavirus testing lab in Cavite
[ad_1] From the official website of the De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has certified the De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute (DLSMHSI) in Dasmariñas, Cavite as a COVID-19 testing laboratory, Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla said Saturday, raising the …
Read More »Mathematician Refutes DOH Claim of “Flattening” of the Coronavirus Curve
[ad_1] BATTLE VS COVID-19. A police officer uses a thermal scanner to check a Filipina’s body temperature upon entering Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. Region 10 Tourism Department Photo MANILA, Philippines – Is the Philippines already “flattening the curve” in its fight against the new coronavirus? While the Department …
Read More »COVID-19 claims lives of 23 Filipinos in Dubai
[ad_1] Twenty-three Filipinos in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have died after contracting the highly contagious new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Paul Raymund Cortes, the consul general to Dubai, did not say how many Filipinos in Dubai have tested positive for COVID-19. “We have 23 Filipinos who died of …
Read More »SC junks plea to bare Duterte’s health records
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a lawyer’s petition that sought to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to make public his latest psychological examination results, health bulletins, and other medical records to prove he is still fit to lead the country. The high court’s public information chief, Brian Hosaka, confirmed …
Read More »COVID-19 count in Eastern Visayas increases to 19
[ad_1] Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles isolated from a patient. Image captured and enhanced in color at NIAID’s Integrated Research Center (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The number of COVID-19 cases in East Visayas increased to 19, …
Read More »How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the media
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – In the 3 months since the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the Philippines and the month and a half that the island of Luzon has been under lockdown, journalists have been working to get accurate information on the COVID-19 pandemic out to the public. Some …
Read More »IATF “will seriously consider” the likely proposal of Metro mayors to extend the blockade – DILG
[ad_1] Members of the Philippine Air Force use a drone to control the total blockade imposed on Barangay Addition Hills in Mandaluyong City on Thursday as the city tackles the coronavirus pandemic. (Grig C. Montegrande / Researcher) MANILA, Philippines – The government’s coronavirus task force “will seriously consider” a likely …
Read More »86.7% of coronavirus cases in PH are mild – WHO
[ad_1] Residents wait for their turn during a mass testing for COVID-19 in Manila on Friday. The whole of Metro Manila is still under enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP) MANILA, Philippines — About 9,070 or 86.7% of all recorded COVID-19 cases in the …
Read More »China supports WHO-led review of global response to pandemic
[ad_1] INVESTIGATION? Police officers (L) secure an area as people wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus walk on a street in Beijing on May 4, 2020. File photo by Nicolas Asfouri / AFP BEIJING, China – China said on Friday, May 8, that it supports …
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