Covid-19 Updates for August 14, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
Coronavirus cases surge past 150,000 mark August 14, 2020 (UPDATED) The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 14, 2020, reported 6,216 new cases of coronavirus infection, the third highest in a single day in August, which... FULL STORY Special permit needed to use remdesivir as Covid-19 treatment THE Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 14, 2020, reminded the City Government of Manila that numerous requirements will have to be met before the supply of remdesivir that it acquired can be used as treatment for coronavirus... More → School opening moved to October 5 (UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to postpone the opening of basic education classes for school year 2020-2021 to October 5, 2020.Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones, in a press conference on Friday, August... More → DOH seeks to include hazard pay in Bayanihan 2 bill By Jove Moya THE Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 14, 2020, said it has submitted a recommendation to include the hazard pay for private health workers in the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act or the Bayanihan 2 bill.Health... More → Face shields made mandatory for workers By Johanna Marie O. Bajenting STARTING Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, all workers will be required to wear face shields aside from face masks when inside their workplaces.Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued the order to further... More → EXPLAINER: 2 major changes in CQ rules: more church-goers allowed in Cebu City; Capitol uses WeTrace app to monitor commuters. By Pachico A. Seares THE attention-drawing changes of the Covid-19 rules concern (one) a departure from old IATF guidelines on religious activities in Cebu City and (two) the use of modern technology in monitoring people who cross borders to work in the island... More → Price of face shields in Davao starts at P40 By Reuel John F. Lumawag THE Department of Trade and Industry in Davao Region (DTI-Davao) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA-Davao) have started monitoring the price of face shields being sold in the Davao Region.DTI-Davao regional director Maria Belenda Q.... More → VSMMC workers swabbed MAJORITY of the 2,370 individuals who availed themselves of the free drive-through and walk-through swab tests for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) Sub-national Laboratory from... More → Mandaue City almost done disinfecting public schools used as isolation centers THE Department of Education (DepEd) Mandaue City Division confirmed that around 99 percent of the schools the City used as isolation centers have been disinfected.Last week, the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force released a memo to allow the... More → LTO-Central Visayas readies personnel for 'No Face Shield, No Ride Policy' on August 15 THE Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Central Visayas, in coordination with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-Central Visayas, will deploy personnel on the first day of the implementation of the "No Face... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Editorial: Literature on Sputnik V Don't be such easy chumps. Government officials are suddenly in the grab-bag mode around... Rabacal: Disiplina maoy sulbad sa Covid-19 Gipasalamatan nila ni Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella ug Police Regional Office (PRO) – 7 Director...
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