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Green group urges protection, hazard pay for workers handling wastes due to COVID-19 infection

As those affected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to increase, an environmental advocacy group has urged national and local governments, including private service companies, to provide ample protection to people collecting wastes generated due to the handling of the infection.

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Solon pushes for ‘virtual session’ amid coronavirus scare

Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez urged lawmakers to hold a “virtual session” to discuss legislative measures to restrain the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

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A City Health Office worker conducts sanitation in one of the offices of Cagayan de Oro City Hall Saturday (March 4). This is part of the city’s measures to address the threat of COVID-19. About 50 teams are dispatched by Mayor Oscar Moreno to conduct the sanitation in public markets, bus stations, seaport, airport, schools, and churches in the city. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

COVID-19 casualty in Mindanao to be buried sans traditional Muslim rituals

The patient positive with the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) who died Friday (Mar. 13) night will be buried sans the traditional method used by Muslims, the Department of Health Regional Office (DOH-10) said Saturday (Mar. 14).

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CPP slams lockdown of Metro Manila amid COVID-19 threat

As Metro Manila prepares for a lockdown amid the threat of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has once again criticized the government over what it perceived as another effort of the Duterte administration to repress the rights of Filipinos.

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Read more about the article Decrease in passengers seen as Metro Manila gets ready for lockdown
Fewer people are at the terminal of the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental on Friday (March 13), days before the “community quarantine” will take effect in all cities in Metro Manila on orders of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. Flights to and from Manila are expected to be canceled once the lockdown in the national capital region will be implemented. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Decrease in passengers seen as Metro Manila gets ready for lockdown

An official of Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) in Northern Mindanao expected a decrease in passenger volume in airports in the region ahead of the “community quarantine” as ordered by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte amid the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) scare.

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