Covid-19 Updates for August 5, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
Virus cases in NCR rise by over 2,000 for 2nd straight day August 5, 2020 THE Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, said it has confirmed an additional 3,462 cases of coronavirus infection.Of this number, 2,434 were from the... FULL STORY Non-Apor may transport essential workers in MECQ areas MOTORCYCLE drivers who transport medical frontliners and other essential workers in areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) do not necessarily need to be authorized persons outside residence (Apor).Lieutenant General... More → Police with medical background to assist in Covid-19 response By Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Archie Gamboa said their personnel with medical background will be asked to assist in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), particularly in the management and distribution of vaccines... More → Siquijor asks for temporary halt in sending LSIs THE Siquijor Provincial Task Force Covid-19 passed and approved on Monday, August 3, a resolution asking for a temporary halt in sending locally stranded individuals (LSIs) from Manila to Siquijor.The Provincial Government of Siquijor said... More → Mayor vows to make Covid-19 vaccine available for Cebu City residents MAYOR Edgardo Labella assured that once a vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is available, the City Government will purchase it for residents of Cebu City.Labella, in a four-minute virtual presser on August 5, 2020, said... More → Another Covid-19 patient dies in Eastern Visayas By Ronald O. Reyes ANOTHER coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patient in Eastern Visayas died on Monday, August 3, raising the total number of fatalities in the region to four.In a statement, Calbayog City Information Office confirmed the death of a 14-year-old... More → Border checkpoints taken down THE Cebu City Government reopened its border with Talisay City in the south and Mandaue City in the north on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.Motorists who need to go south or north no longer have to pass through checkpoints at the city's... More → SAF troopers to leave Cebu City THE Special Action Force (SAF) troopers who were deployed in Cebu City in June 2020 to help enforce the community quarantine protocol will be pulled out of the city.All members of the elite combat unit of the Philippine National Police... More → Lapu Council allows citizen's arrest for persons not wearing masks in public THE Lapu-Lapu City Council has approved the amendatory ordinance allowing Oponganons to exercise citizen's arrest if they see individuals not wearing masks in the streets and other public spaces.When Mayor Junard Chan delivered his State... More → Consolacion to conduct targeted testing on residents THE Municipal Government of Consolacion, Cebu plans to conduct targeted testing on its constituents to determine how many have been infected with Covid-19.Consolacion Vice Mayor Teresa Alegado told reporters that the Municipal Government... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Editorial: Time out IF YOU were out in the streets on the first Monday since Cebu City was placed under general... Nalzaro: Cases rise as lockdown relaxed I AM afraid that what happened to some local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila and its nearby...
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