Covid-19 Updates for August 4, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
Virus cases hit biggest one-day spike of 6,352 August 4, 2020 ON THE first day of the implementation of tighter quarantine measures in the National Capital Region (NCR) and four Luzon provinces, the Department of Health (DOH)... FULL STORY DOTr orders mandatory wearing of face shield ALL passengers in areas in the country where public transportation is allowed are mandated to wear face shields effective August 15, 2020.This came after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) issued the Memorandum Circular 2020-014 that... More → Gamboa eyes 'heart-to-heart talk' with PNP doctors, nurses By Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Archie Gamboa on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, said they will re-assess the situation of their nurses and doctors following reports that they are also close to their breaking point because of the rising... More → Backriding allowed, expanded in MECQ areas MOTORCYCLE backriding is allowed in Metro Manila and in the four provinces under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).Aside from couples living in the same house, authorized persons outside residence (Apor) may also now ride... More → Monday traffic torment THE heavy traffic as far as Liloan in north Cebu and Naga City in the south on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, seemingly transported motorists and commuters back in time—as if they were moving in the pre-pandemic days.Images and videos of the... More → Operation guidelines for barbershops, salons released by DTI BARBERSHOPS and salons in areas on general community quarantine (GCQ) are allowed to offer hair, nail and skin care services, except full body massage, beginning on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, according to the Department of Trade and Industry... More → DOH forms substitute team of healthcare workers A SUBSTITUTE team composed of medical frontliners from provinces nationwide will be formed to provide health care professionals in Metro Manila a "time out", the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario... More → Cebu City health office: Covid-19 test kits still plenty AMID concerns on a possible sudden spike in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases after Cebu City was placed on general community quarantine, the City Health Department assured that there is no scarcity of test kits, both for swab... More → Over 1,000 protocol violators caught since start of GCQ MORE than 1,000 individuals were apprehended by the police and the Cebu City government's Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement (Probe) just three days after the city shifted to general community quarantine (GCQ).The... More → Minglanilla town hall temporarily closed for disinfection THE municipal hall of Minglanilla, Southern Cebu will be closed to the public from Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, to Friday, Aug. 7, after 16 personnel working in four departments were found positive for Covid-19.Minglanilla Mayor Elanito Peña... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Seares: Could health workers 'revolt' with scalpels, forceps? Yet their grievance tells generals, Change battle plans on Covid. EIGHTY medical associations representing 80,000 doctors and a million nurses signed an open letter,... Editorial: Grab leaders by the ear THE problem with incompetence is that there is always its opposite that magnifies it. Each time a...
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