Covid-19 Updates for October 5, 2020

	COVID19 UPDATES
DOH reports over 2,000 new virus cases October 5, 2020 MORE than 2,000 new cases of coronavirus infection, 64 additional deaths and 87 new recoveries were reported on Monday, October 5, 2020.As of 4 p.m. Monday, the total... FULL STORY Over 3M learners may still enroll, DepEd says AROUND three million students have yet to enroll as of Monday, October 5, 2020, the opening of distance learning classes for school year 2020-2021.Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Jess Mateo said late enrollments are still... More → Labella wants to set aside P500M for vaccine purchase IF APPROVED, the health, infrastructure, education and social welfare sectors will get the biggest chunk of the 2021 annual budget of Cebu City.However, City Councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia, chairman of the committee on budget and finance,... More → 754 additional PUVs to be deployed in Cebu THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 7 has issued 60 special permits to allow the operation of 754 additional public transportation vehicles (PUVs) in Cebu this week.The number of PUVs operating in Cebu has grown... More → Año calls for lower, standard swab test rate DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año has called for a lower and standardized rate for the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to make it... More → India's new virus totals still on downward trend NEW DELHI -- India has registered a single-day spike of 74,442 new coronavirus cases, driving the country's overall tally since the pandemic began to 6.6 million.The Health Ministry on Monday also reported another 903 virus deaths in the... More → Drop in Covid-19 cases prompts DOH-Central Visayas to close isolation facility OPERATIONS at the Bayanihan Cebu Sacred Heart School (SHS) Field Center located inside the old Sacred Heart School campus on Gen. Maxilom Ave. in Cebu City have been temporarily suspended since Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020.Dr. Jaime Bernadas,... More → No Davao City barangay under 'very high risk' since September 11 By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit THE City Government of Davao has not declared any "very high risk" areas for the past four weeks despite recording a surge of Covid-19 cases.The "very high risk" classification has been zero since the publication of the... More → Ward beds for Covid-19 patients in Davao in 'danger zone' By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit THE ward beds for Covid-19 patients in Davao Region have already reached the "danger zone" level, according to data from the Department of Health-Davao Region (DOH-Davao).As of September 27, a total of 71.79 percent of the 78... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Editorial: Reducing risks for the elderly FREE the elderly.Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama will appeal to the National Government for a... Nalzaro: 'Liberating' the senior citizens CEBU CITY Vice Mayor Michael Rama wants senior citizens liberated from the "bondage of solitary...
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