ILOILO CITY —The death toll from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Western Visayas region has reached 109. While face shields are mandatory, some are not wearing it properly while at a public market in Iloilo City. The Department of Health (DOH) urges everyone not to be complacent with rising...
DAVAO CITY - An 81-year-old man from Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur was among the 36 patients, who recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Davao region on Thursday. Based on the profiles of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Davao region released Friday, the man was a resident of Barangay Inawayan...
BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) has recorded 30 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including a two-year-old boy in Caraga region. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the region has now reached 705 cases, with 18 deaths, the DOH-CHD...
DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) – A 55-year-old Filipino-Chinese businesswoman was the latest fatality here due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) even as four new cases were also confirmed on Thursday, September 10. In a statement issued by the city’s Public Information Office (PIO) on...
North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South. This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 7, 2020, shows a man...
Canada's two most populous provinces, seeing an uptick in new Covid-19 cases, vowed Thursday to crack down, with Quebec announcing fines for not wearing masks indoors and Ontario's premier calling for stepped up enforcement of mandatory quarantines. In this file photo taken on July 28, 2020,...
President Donald Trump on Thursday denied lying to Americans about the severity of the coronavirus after a bombshell new book by journalist Bob Woodward revealed that he deliberately downplayed the crisis. US President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally at MBS International Airport in...
Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday passed the milestone of eight million cases of Covid-19, days after logging more than 300,000 deaths from the virus, according to an AFP tally of official records. Jonathan, 30, sits on his bed behind a plastic protection as doctors make a round of visits...
DAVAO CITY - The Bangsamoro government on Friday said 32 more employees from the Office of the Chief Minister (OCM) tested positive for coronavirus disease. In a statement, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said "there are now 35 confirmed cases within the Bangsamoro...
TARLAC CITY, Tarlac (PNA) – A total of 21 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was reported here on Thursday, the highest recorded in a single day since the virus hit the province. This brought the total number of confirmed COVID-19 casesin the province to 253 with 115...
BAGUIO CITY – Amidst the increasing number of cases due to the aggressive implementation of the expanded testing and contact tracing, the city government here is currently working on the expansion of the Baguio City Isolation Unit at the former Sto. Niño Hospital from 90 to at least 400 beds by...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Sarrat town Mayor Remigio B. Medrano of Ilocos Norte has ordered an expanded lockdown in his town’s villages to implement more stringent restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As of Wednesday, Ilocos Norte has recorded a total...
