Covid-19 Updates for August 20, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
DOH reports over 4,000 new virus cases for 3rd day in a row August 20, 2020 MORE than 4,000 new coronavirus infections were added to the total case count Thursday, August 20, 2020, for the third straight day.In its 4 p.m. bulletin Thursday, the... FULL STORY Congress finalizes Bayanihan 2 bill THE bicameral conference committee has finalized the Bayanihan 2 bill, Senator Juan Edgardo Angara said Thursday, August 20, 2020.Angara, chairman of the Senate committee on finance, said the final version of the bill provides for a... More → Health professionals with overseas job contracts allowed to leave THE Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease on Thursday afternoon, August 20, 2020, decided to lift the ban on overseas deployment of health professionals.Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said... More → 50 Cebu City workplaces monitored THE Cebu City Government is monitoring 50 workplaces, excluding hospitals, after some of the employees in these places contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).These establishments were not locked down by the City after they... More → Dole starts monitoring wearing of face shields THE Department of Labor and Employment Central Visayas (Dole 7) has started conducting compliance inspections on business establishments in Central Visayas on the face shield requirement for workers, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.Luchel Taniza,... More → Labella mokonsulta alang sa MGCQ By Philip A. Cerojano IPATAWAG ni Mayor Edgardo Labella ang lainlaing sector sa katilingban sa higayon nga magpadayon o mamintinar ang pagkunhod sa mga kaso sa coronavirus disease (Covid-19) sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo pag-abot sa Agusto 31.Tuyo sa mayor nga kuhaan sa... More → PC, laptop sales spike as schools, offices go online amid pandemic By Johanna O. Bajenting COMPUTER and laptop shops in Cebu City have seen a huge increase in their sales, driven by the shift from traditional to e-learning classes among students and the continued implementation of the work-from-home scheme for workers.According... More → Covid-19 crisis closes 8 private schools in Central Visayas EIGHT small private basic education institutions in Central Visayas have submitted their intent to the Department of Education (DepEd) 7 not to open and operate this incoming school year 2020-2021.DepEd 7 Director Salustiano Jimenez said... More → India reports record number of new infections NEW DELHI -- India has recorded another record number of new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours as it ramps up testing to more than 900,000 a day.The 69,652 new cases reported Thursday, August 20, push India's total reported... More → Riders from same house allowed without barriers MOTORCYCLE riders living in the same household are no longer required to install barriers.Barriers with approved designs are still required, however, if the riders don't belong to the same household.In this case, pillion riding is allowed... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Wenceslao: Foremost concern THINGS are apparently easing up now in relation to the pandemic. Two points: one, we have finally... EXPLAINER: UP experts tell gov't: 'Learn from lessons of Cebu.' Which tells us, Cebu itself must not unlearn them. UNIVERSITY of the Philippines Diliman-Octa Research, in its first report for August, had recommended...
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