Covid-19 Updates for October 12, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
Virus case count exceeds 340,000 as infections accelerate October 12, 2020 AFTER seven days of posting less than 3,000 new cases of coronavirus infection per day, the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, October 12, 2020, announced 3,564 new... FULL STORY After 2-week decline in Covid cases, Cebu now considered 'low-risk area' CEBU, with less than one percent per 1,000 daily attack rate, is now a low-risk area for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Oct. 6, 2020 report of the Octa Research showed.Octa Research, an independent and interdisciplinary... More → China to test 9 million after fresh outbreak BEIJING -- Chinese health authorities will test all nine million people in the eastern city of Qingdao for the coronavirus this week after nine cases linked to a hospital were found, the government announced Monday, October 12.The... More → Sidewalk vendors offer to police ranks so they can go back selling SIDEWALK vendors in Cebu City have come up with health measures to be implemented should they be allowed to operate again.City Councilor Dave Tumulak, chairman of the task force created by Mayor Edgardo Labella to study the sidewalk... More → Davao City mayor on 14-day quarantine By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is currently under mandatory 14-day home quarantine after returning from her out-of-town leave.Duterte-Carpio said this on Friday, October 9, during her regular live radio interview via 87.5 FM Davao... More → Trump claims he's free of virus, ready for campaign trail WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was ready to return to the campaign trail despite unanswered questions about his health on the eve of a Florida rally meant to kick off the stretch run before Election Day.His... More → Duterte-Carpio says EO 53 not anti-poor By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio defended the implementation of the City's Executive Order 53 (EO 53), which requires incoming patients referred to hospitals in Davao City to secure a negative Covid-19 reverse transmission-polymerase... More → 1,786 vendors undergo swab test By Merlinda A. Pedrosa A TOTAL of 1,786 market vendors in Bacolod City underwent reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCT) test for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Saturday.The surveillance testing was conducted by the City Government from... More → Survey says SAP beneficiaries 'satisfied' with assistance By Charlene A. Cayabyab MORE than 90 percent of the respondents who took part in a survey conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said they were satisfied with the cash assistance they... More → Oro has lowest Covid-19 cases among top 10 most competitive cities By Jo Ann Sablad DESPITE the rising number of local cases in the city, Cagayan de Oro remains to be the city with the lowest Covid-19 cases recorded among the top 10 most competitive cities in the Philippines, Mayor Oscar Moreno said Friday, October... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Editorial: Ameliorating nurses' work NURSES employed at the hospitals and other medical facilities operated by the Cebu Provincial... Barrita: Mga senior, pagawson sa balay o di? MAHIMONG makagawas ang senior citizens sa balay basta ubanan sila sa ilang ginikanan." Pasiaw ni...
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