GENERAL SANTOS CITY (PNA) – Overwhelmed by the increasing number of local transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases these past weeks, the medical community here appealed to the local government to place the entire city under the stricter enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)....
ILOILO CITY —More than 40 at a jail in this city have been infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Jail Superintendent Gilbert Peremne, assistant regional director of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP-6), confirmed that there are now 41 people at the Iloilo City District Jail...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Employees of a business processing and outsourcing (BPO) company here could find themselves “locked in” at their work place on the recommendation of the provincial government and the municipal government of San Nicolas town after seven of their co-workers reportedly...
TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-8) is in need of 1,473 contact tracers (CT) for Eastern Visayas. They will be hired by the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF), and will be distributed to the six provinces in Region 8. Most of them will be deployed in...
Healthcare services are being jeopardised by lack of access to coronavirus testing, hospital bosses in England warned on Tuesday. Year eight pupils wearing face masks as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus work at computers in the library of Moor End Academy in...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) recorded 17 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, eight of which were from this city. The province of South Cotabato had seven new cases, and one each for North Cotabato and General Santos City....
ILOILO CITY – The leading public hospital in Aklan province had to partially shut down its services after several health workers and patients were infected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Dr. Cornelio Cuachon Jr., chief of the Aklan Provincial Health Office (APHO), confirmed that The Dr....
ILIGAN CITY – Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal 'Bombit" Adiong, Jr. has confirmed that he has tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal 'Bombit" Adiong, Jr. (Bonita Ermac / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement issued September 15, the 56 years old governor said...
Disinfecting emergency rooms, collecting hazardous waste and washing contaminated laundry, Mexican hospital cleaners risk their lives every day during the pandemic, often with little recognition. Mexican Rodolfo Diaz poses for a photograph at the laundry room of the Mexican Institute of Social...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Maguindanao Gov. Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu on Tuesday ordered the temporary lockdown of the provincial capitol building in Buluan town after three employees tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Maguindanao provincial capitol building in Buluan,...
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (PNA) – A 59-year-old man from Bagumbayan village in Dupax del Sur town was the ninth recorded coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related fatality in the province, a local health official said Monday. Dr. Edwin Galapon, Nueva Vizcaya provincial health officer,...
ILOILO CITY —The local government here has issued a warning that more pregnant women were getting infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the city. Jeck Conlu, spokesman of the city government on COVID-19, said that at least nine pregnant women have tested positive in results...
