Covid-19 Updates for August 3, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
Over 3,000 new infections added to Covid-19 case count August 3, 2020 THE Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, August 3, 2020, reported 3,226 additional coronavirus infections that brought the total case count in the Philippines to... FULL STORY Metro Manila, 4 Luzon provinces revert to MECQ PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday night, August 2, 2020, approved the recommendation to escalate quarantine restrictions and place Metro Manila and four provinces under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), two months after... More → UP prof says tighter restrictions could spare 70,000 people THE tighter quarantine restrictions imposed on Metro Manila and four provinces in Luzon until August 15, 2020 could bring down the projected number of coronavirus cases by the end of August.University of the Philippines (UP) Professor... More → Siquijor loses Covid-free status SIQUIJOR Province has lost its status of being the only local government unit (LGU) in Central Visayas to not have a single case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).Two locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who arrived from Metro... More → Doctors say request for testing was made in April yet MEDICAL frontliners clarified that their call for testing and other benefits was first made in April 2020, not during the virtual press conference that they held Saturday, August 1, 2020.Their requests, however, were left unheeded by the... More → Pass holders can now go out on Sundays: Labella CEBU City residents who have QR-coded quarantine passes will be allowed to go out on Sundays starting next August 9, 2020.Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said quarantine pass holders should use the day to access essential goods and attend... More → Kawani sa Minglanilla LGU gi-Covid; munisipyo sirhan IPAUBOS sa swab test ang mga empleyado sa munisipyo sa lungsod sa Minglanilla human dunay mga kawani sa upat ka mga buhatan nga positibo sa Sars-CoV-2, nagdala sa coronavirus disease.Kini maoy gipahibawo ni Minglanilla Mayor Elanito Peña... More → More businesses allowed to operate in areas on GCQ THE Mandaue City Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) is accepting special permits to operate applications for internet cafes, fitness gyms and personal grooming establishments.The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of... More → Debate begins for who's first in line for Covid-19 vaccine WHO gets to be first in line for a Covid-19 vaccine? US health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it's a vexing decision."Not everybody's going to like the... More → Scientists study coronavirus outbreaks among minks in Europe MADRID -- Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people.In the meantime, authorities have killed more than one million minks at... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Wenceslao: New normal THE situation is finally starting to ease up a bit everywhere and not only in Cebu City where the... Nalzaro: No Covid-19 infection yet I AM writing this as a matter of personal privilege. This is in view of numerous inquiries about my...
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