DAVAO CITY – The Davao City coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Task Force placed Purok 8 of Barangay Kapitan Tomas Monteverde under “hard lockdown” effective 1:30 p.m on Monday after 65 residents tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was disclosed by City Mayor...
India's death toll from the coronavirus hit 50,000 on Monday, with more than 900 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, health ministry data showed. People wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, shop at the Palladium mall in Mumbai on August 16, 2020. (Photo by...
BAGUIO CITY - The city recorded another single-day record of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases with 27 on Saturday. Of the 27 cases, 22 were contacts of previous patients, three were a result of expanded testing, and two were walk-in patients who said they were experiencing symptoms of the viral...
South Korea tightened coronavirus measures on Saturday in Seoul and its surrounding areas as the country reported the highest number of new daily infections in more than five months. A model wearing a face mask poses on the catwalk during a mask fashion show at Gangnam district in Seoul on August...
DAVAO CITY - A nine-year old girl from Matanao town in Davao del Sur became the 57 th death due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Davao region on Friday, August 14. Based on the profiles of the cases released by the Department of Health Davao Center for Health Development (DOH-DCHD)...
TACLOBAN City - The Department of Health (DOH) Eastern Visayas has reported the highest number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in a single day with 75 fresh cases on Friday, August 14. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 1,539, with 540 active cases, and a...
DAVAO CITY - After losing their jobs due to the health crisis, a group of local weavers and workers in a cooperative exporting bamboos in Cotabato province are now overwhelmed with the exponential increase in the number of orders they get for producing face shields made of bamboo. “We received...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The Department of Health (DOH) reported 43 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Eastern Visayas, bringing the region’s total to 1,464, as of Thursday night. DOH Eastern Visayas Director Minerva Molon said in a press statement, 31 new cases came from the 381 swab...
CEBU CITY —The Land Transportation Office Central Visayas (LTO-7) has taken steps to ensure that the "No Face Shield, No Ride Policy" will be enforced starting August 15. A vendor holds his DIY face shield sold for 70 pesos as a precautionary measure against COVID 19 at Paco, Manila. (Photo by...
New Zealand's resurgent coronavirus outbreak has spread beyond Auckland, health officials said Friday, in a major blow to efforts to contain the disease. Testing being conducted by health workers at a COVID-19 testing station setup at Eden Park, National Sports Stadium, in Auckland on August 14,...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office (PRO-6) has started to prepare for the utilization of police stations across Western Visayas region as vaccination centers once the vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is made available. Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan. (Tara Yap/File/Manila...
TACLOBAN City – A team comprised of 20 health workers coming from three retained hospitals and post-residency program in Eastern Visayas are on standby for deployment to the National Capital Region to help in hospitals overwhelmed by the large number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
