Monday, August 31, 2020

Covid-19 Updates for August 31, 2020

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File Photo Nearly 130,000 new cases, over 1,500 deaths in August
August 31, 2020
CORONAVIRUS infections in the country increased to 220,819 Monday, August 31, 2020, over 130 percent more than the cumulative cases as of end-July.Based on the Department...
File Photo Frontliners in battle vs Covid-19 honored on Heroes Day
By Jove Moya
ON NATIONAL Heroes Day, August 31, 2020, officials honored not only the fallen heroes who fought for the country's freedom but also the frontliners in the battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.President Rodrigo...
File photo EOC to look into Covid-19 'outside transmission'
FROM community and workplace transmission of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Cebu City's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) is now looking into "outside transmission," its official said.EOC Deputy Chief Implementer Cebu City...
Eastern Visayas bars entry of LSIs for 2 weeks
EASTERN Visayas has temporarily closed its borders to arriving locally stranded individuals (LSIs) for two weeks starting on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, after experiencing a sudden increase in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.The...
OUTDOOR MEETING. Members of Cebu Alliance of Tour Operations Specialists are offering new packages for business travelers. One of them is to bring the small meetings and team building activities in new meeting places like farm tourism sites, and mountain and coastal sites in the province. (SunStar file) Bring office meetings 'out in the open'
TOUR agents and operators in Cebu are repurposing their activity packages to lure corporates to bring their small meetings "out in the open."Instead of confining to the four corners of a meeting office, Alice Queblatin, president of...
FEWER ENROLLEES. The Covid-19 health crisis has had a drastic effect on enrollment for school year 2020-2021 at the Mandaue City College. Despite its offer of free tuition, 200 students won't be returning. Many of them have been forced to work after their parents lost their jobs. (AMPER CAMPAÑA) 4 local colleges face challenges of incoming school year head-on
LOCAL colleges in the cities of Mandaue, Talisay, Carcar and Consolacion town are faced with two challenges as they prepare to open for school year 2020-2021 in October.Some have suffered a drop in enrollment, while many still have to come...
Image from Google Street View Mandaue City Hall to set up 2nd Covid-19 testing facility
THE Mandaue City Government will set up a walk-in swabbing and rapid diagnostic testing area at the San Roque Gym in Barangay Subangdaku.The City expects a rise in coronavirus disease 2019 cases as it hopes to test more people in the coming...
Iloilo City Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon. (Photo by Leo Solinap) Iloilo City vice mayor positive for coronavirus
By Leo Solinap
ILOILO City Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas.Treñas on Sunday, August 30, 2020, said he called on all Ilonggos to pray for Ganzon, who tested positive for...
Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez. (Richard Malihan photo) Benitez: 'Timeout Weekend' not for personal gain
By Teresa D. Ellera, Carla N. Canet
FORMER Third District representative and now Provincial Consultant Alfredo Benitez clarified he has no personal agenda on coming up with the "Timeout Weekend," the mass testing in Bacolod City and three cities and a municipality...
MODE OF TRANSPORT. Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center Maeghan Daguio took the opportunity when a biker lent her bike through Daily Cycle Movement Baguio. (Photo by Lauren Alimondo) Biking under the new normal in Baguio
By Lauren Alimondo
THE pandemic has taught people to slow down.Jim Ward, co-founder of Daily Cycle Movement (DCM) Baguio, said: "The fact that we are choking ourselves, choking the earth with more cars, mass transit and highways... we don't expect the...
OPINION MORE OPINION
Nalzaro: Does QS really help flatten the curve?
THE Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is expected to...
Barrita: Tubig ug ang 'better normal'
GIAPROBAHAN sa House of Representatives ang House Bill No. 6864, ang "Better Normal for the...
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