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Read more about the article City braces for OFWs, stranded Davaoeños arriving this week
`The Davao City Government on Thursday, March 12, 2020, announces that Mayor Sara Duterte is presently under monitored self-quarantine in her house as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Davao City Information Office)

City braces for OFWs, stranded Davaoeños arriving this week

The public is warned to expect that Davaoeños who will be arriving after being stranded outside the city during the pandemic may be possible carriers of the coronavirus (Covid-19) and will undergo testing and quarantine.

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Read more about the article RT-PCR test kits considered for case findings in Davao
Dr. Adriano Suba-an (left, seated), Department of Health-10 regional director, takes a look at the rapid test kits donated by the office of Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri Monday (April 20). The senator donates more than 6,000 test kits to health care facilities in some parts of Mindanao. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

RT-PCR test kits considered for case findings in Davao

The City Government of Davao is considering using the RT-PCR test kits in their “intensified case findings” of Covid-19 cases in certain areas in Davao City.

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Read more about the article SPMC to find new lodging for frontliners as hotels to end accommodations
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SPMC to find new lodging for frontliners as hotels to end accommodations

The Southern Philippines Medical Center said they would be making a sustainable plan for their medical personnel in the frontline of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as new health and lodging concerns came up.

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Read more about the article PH reaches 10,000 mark in Covid-19 cases, but mass testing still lacking
LABORATORY TRAINING IN ACTION. Davao Regional Medical Center personnel undergo hands-on training on laboratory techniques and procedures for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics in UP Mindanao in preparation for the COVID-19 facility of the hospital. (Photo from Philippine Genome Center-Mindanao)

PH reaches 10,000 mark in Covid-19 cases, but mass testing still lacking

The number of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines has breach 10,000 on Wednesday, but health officials said that the epidemic curve in the country has started to "flatten".

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Read more about the article SPMC to field patients for WHO testing on Covid-19 drugs
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SPMC to field patients for WHO testing on Covid-19 drugs

The Southern Philippines Medical Center has announced on Tuesday that they may start enrolling their Covid-19 patients for a trial of therapies to be undertaken by the World Health Organization Solidarity next week.

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