ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government is planning to maintain a mega isolation facility for Covid-19 patients due to a directive of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to maintain one such structure in this city. THE Covid-19 mega isolation facility in Zamboanga City (City...
For their exemplary service for the past two years amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Pasig City local government recognized on Friday, July 29, the healthcare frontliners of the centralized isolation facility in Rizal High School (RHS). Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto In a social media post, Pasig City...
In a move that will make the quarantine process less tedious for returning overseas Filipinos (ROF), the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has allowed quarantine hotels to function, too, as isolation facilities for those who will test positive for the...
A third COVID-19 quarantine facility in Marikina City was recently opened in preparation for the spike in COVID-19 cases, according to Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro. In an interview with DZMM Teleradyo on Monday, Jan. 3, Teodoro said the facility, which was previously closed when cases began to...
Despite the rising smuggling activities in the country involving agricultural commodities, Agriculture Secretary William Dar admitted that the construction of what will be the Philippines' first ever first-border quarantine facility for farm products is facing further delays. DA Secretary William...
Twenty-four children are currently staying in Pasig City’s Centralized COVID-19 Quarantine Facility, Mayor Vico Sotto said on Wednesday night (August 25). (Photos courtesy of Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto) In a Twitter post, the mayor shared some photos of children holding coloring books and crayons...
An old convention center in Pasonanca, Zamboanga City has been tranformed into a mega quarantine facility in order to accommodate more asymptomatic and moderate cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). REPURPOSED--The old Zamboanga Convention Center in Pasonanca, Zamboanga City has been...
Telecommunications companies (telcos) should provide free Wi-Fi and internet service to COVID-19 patients in isolation facilities throughout the country, Quezon City Representative Precious Hipolito Castelo on Saturday, May 22, said. “The provision of such service will encourage those...
The government has revised its testing and quarantine protocols for all incoming travelers in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country. OWWA personnel inspect travel documents of passengers arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on May 6, 2021 (Ali...
Manila South Harbor's Eva Macapagal Super Terminal Quarantine Facility, which was converted to an isolation facility amid the surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, was formally opened on Monday, 26 April 2021. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago (File photo/ Photo...
Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan has opened the MVP Group’s emergency quarantine facility with 240 individual air-conditioned quarantine tents and beds in Antipolo, Rizal for employees with asymptomatic to mild cases of COVID-19. This emergency quarantine facility will help decongest hospitals in...
Bloomberry Cultural Foundation, Inc.(BCFI) and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) have completed the country's largest COVID-19 quarantine facility, the Solaire-PAGCOR Mega Quarantine Facility. In a statement, BCFI said the facility has been turned over to...
