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Read more about the article ‘Extreme’ enhanced community quarantine may be implemented soon, Mayor Sara says
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)

‘Extreme’ enhanced community quarantine may be implemented soon, Mayor Sara says

The city may possibly be placed under an extreme Enhanced Community Quarantine (EECQ) after the end of the implemented Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) this April 19, 2020, Mayor Sara Duterte said.

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Read more about the article City licensing chief resigns for allowing cock derby, “ground zero” of Davao COVID-19 case
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City licensing chief resigns for allowing cock derby, “ground zero” of Davao COVID-19 case

The head of the city government's business unit resigned for failing to postpone the cockfight derby that had resulted to exposure of more than a dozen participants to COVID-19.

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Read more about the article SPMC starts mass testing of Covid-19 frontliners
The construction of a kidney center in Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is expected to be done within this year or in 2020. The facility will have more equipments to cater more kidney patients. (Photo from SPMC Facebook page)

SPMC starts mass testing of Covid-19 frontliners

The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) has begun on Monday with the testing of more than a hundred frontliners using the gold standard Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine.

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Read more about the article CDO health office says number of PUIs, PUMs in the city has decreased
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)

CDO health office says number of PUIs, PUMs in the city has decreased

The number of persons showing symptoms of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has decreased, local health authorities said Thursday (Apr. 2).

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