Covid-19 Updates for August 21, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
Virus cases continue to average 4,000 a day August 21, 2020 FOR the fifth consecutive day, more than 4,000 new coronavirus infections were confirmed Friday, August 21, 2020.In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the Department of Health... FULL STORY Traders want to join IATF; Palace says they may join discussions THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the country's biggest business organization on Thursday, August 20, 2020, bucked quarantine protocols being imposed by the government against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), saying... More → DOH: Cebu City showing signs of flattening curve WITH a low number of new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases recorded in the last two weeks, the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH 7) believes Cebu City is now en route towards flattening the curve.From Aug. 1 to 19, 2020, the DOH... More → Filipinos urged to emulate Ninoy, be heroes amid pandemic By Jove Moya PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, August 21, 2020, called on all Filipinos to work closely with the government in fighting the Covid-19 crisis and emulate the late senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. by being "heroes through acts of... More → Fine for quarantine violation lowered; probable jail only for third offense THE Cebu City Council approved on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, the amendatory ordinance lowering the fines for violators of community quarantine imposed by the government to slow down the Covid-19 transmission.The local legislative body's... More → Cebu City okays pooled Covid testing for market vendors PRESIDENTIAL Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion announced that Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella has signed a deal to roll out Go Negosyo's pooled polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Covid-19 tests.The pooled... More → Labella inks deal with shipping lines to send LSIs home CEBU City Mayor Edgardo Labella has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with five shipping lines to provide transportation to city residents stranded elsewhere in the country because of the lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of the... More → P6M spent for Covid-19 testing in Davao City By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said the City Government already spent the P6-million allocated for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing from the national government's Bayanihan Grant to Cities and Municipalities... More → Central Visayas incurs P87B losses in tourism in first half By Johanna O. Bajenting CENTRAL Visayas' tourism industry suffered an estimated P87 billion in foregone revenues from the month of January to June 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.According to Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 Director Shahlimar Tamano, the... More → DOH-Davao: Congested areas vulnerable to community transmission By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit CONGESTED areas are highly vulnerable for a community transmission of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), an official from the Department of Health-Davao Region (DOH-Davao) said."Ang common nga nakita nato sa pag spread is...these... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Malilong: From epicenter to a model IT LOOKS like we have not done anything extraordinarily wrong to compromise the state of the public... Seares: People asked where President Duterte was. They could be, like the simple folk in 'Camelot,' just wondering what their ruler was doing. QUEEN Guinevere: "What else do the simple folk do to help them escape when they're...
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