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A police personnel checks the temperature of passengers going to Bukidnon at the quarantine area in Barangay Alae as the provincial government has put the entire province under community quarantine starting Tuesday (March 17). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Bukidnon put under general community quarantine

After more than a week of putting Bukidnon under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Gov. Jose Maria Zubiri Jr. reverted the province’s status to general community quarantine (GCQ) effective Monday (April 27).

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Read more about the article Sara eyes 3 private hospitals to receive COVID-19 patients
`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)

Sara eyes 3 private hospitals to receive COVID-19 patients

The Davao City government eyes three private hospitals as reserved facilities in case there is a spike in the number of patients positive of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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Read more about the article DOH, LGU trace suspected COVID-19 patients via random testing
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DOH, LGU trace suspected COVID-19 patients via random testing

The Department of Health Region XI (DOH-XI) and the local government has been conducting community case finding through random testing to trace suspected patients of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the city.

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Read more about the article EcoWaste’s 20 green-friendly family activities while on home quarantine
A huge tarpaulin hangs on an overpass in Mac Arthur Highway(Matina) advising residents to stay indoors as the city implements the enhanced community quarantine last April 04 to control the spread of Covid-19.(Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)

EcoWaste’s 20 green-friendly family activities while on home quarantine

Work, school, social life have been postponed because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

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Read more about the article UP Mindanao, DRMC to set up Covid-19 testing lab by June
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)

UP Mindanao, DRMC to set up Covid-19 testing lab by June

Mindanao's first Covid-19 diagnostic laboratory is being eyed to operate in Tagum City this June to strengthen and speed up the diagnostic capacity in Davao Region.

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