Covid-19 Updates for August 25, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
Coronavirus cases approach 200,000 August 25, 2020 THE Department of Health on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, reported an additional 2,965 cases of coronavirus infection which brought the total case count in the country closer... FULL STORY Duterte orders agencies to publish Covid-19 procurement transactions PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has directed all government agencies involved in the Covid-19 response to publish in newspapers all procurement transactions to dispel any suspicions of corruption in the light of the ongoing investigation into... More → Police to maximize quarantine rules to prevent terror attacks By Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo THE Joint Task Force (JTF) Covid Shield has ordered police commanders to maximize the implementation of existing quarantine protocols to prevent terror attacks.Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar, JTF commander, issued the directive after... More → Central Visayas Covid-19 recovery hits 78% CENTRAL Visayas now has a 78.39 percent recovery rate in its Covid-19 cases, and it is one of the regions in the country that registered high numbers of patients who survived the respiratory disease.As of Aug. 23, 2020, the... More → Councilor: Number of quarantine violators decreasing THE number of quarantine violators in Cebu City has been declining since the implementation of an ordinance that penalizes any person who does not follow public health guidelines on Aug. 16, 2020.Only 140 violators have been arrested since... More → Alcoy town mayor tests positive for Covid-19 ALCOY, southern Cebu Mayor Michael Angelo Sestoso was found positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020.The Municipality's public information office (PIO) confirmed the matter on its official Facebook post.In its post, the Alcoy PIO... More → PSSCC: No additional Monteverde residents brought to treatment facility By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit NO ADDITIONAL residents were evacuated and brought to a temporary treatment and monitoring facility (TTMF) a week after the hard lockdown was imposed in Purok 8, Barangay Tomas Monteverde in Agdao District, a Davao City official said.Public... More → Purok 4B in Barangay Gusa placed under localized focused containment By Jo Ann Sablad AROUND 87 families in Purok 4B in Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City are placed under localized focused containment after one of its residents tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19).The said resident is a 28-year-old male who... More → CLMMRH head raises questions over planned mass testing By Teresa D. Ellera THE head of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) has raised several questions over the planned mass testing of 10,000 Covid-19 symptomatic individuals and closed contacts during the four-day "Timeout... More → Hong Kong to ease distancing rules as cases drop HONG KONG -- Hong Kong will ease some social distancing measures later this week, allowing beauty salons and cinemas to reopen and relaxing an evening dine-in ban, as daily coronavirus infections in the city dwindled.Restaurants now banned... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Cabaero: Recovery strategies COUNTRIES have different names for their economic recovery programs.As governments slowly ease... Nalzaro: Magbantay gihapon BISAN kon mikunhod na ang mga kaso sa coronavirus disease (Covid-19) dinhi sa dakbayan sa Sugbo...
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