Medical practitioners of a government-owned medical facility in this city has shifted to a new method of consultation as health protocols continue to be in effect amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Davao City has shifted into General Community Quarantine (GCQ) beginning Saturday, May 16, as recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) with some restrictions in place.
Despite the increase of its testing capacity for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, the Southern Philippines Medical Center said they are lacking in extraction kits.
The Inter-agency Taskforce on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has recommended Davao City along with ten cities to ease into general community quarantine (GCQ) after two months of lockdown.
A female Covid-19 patient has escaped from a quarantine facility as the city government has announced a search for this patient.