The Department of Health (DOH) Region 11 confirmed Wednesday that cases of COVID-19 transmission have risen to 59 in this region,
including eight health workers.
Reacting to reports that a plane flew to Germany carrying 75 intensive care nurses, Misamis Oriental Representative Rufus Rodriguez urged the Department of Labor to stop such deployments.
Health authorities confirmed Monday that four of the new 13 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are residents of Northern Mindanao while others are from other regions.
An alliance of doctors and health workers urges the Department of Health (DOH) to set up a minimum of one testing center per region to speed up the testing for COVID-19.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 10 announced that low-income residents affected by community quarantine measures due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be receiving cash and other assistance as mandated by the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.
It’s been a week after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act” that granted him emergency powers for two months to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, yet there is still little to no action from Malacañang.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to the security forces to implement the country’s action plan to contain the deadly coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) does not sit well among various groups demanding immediate medical-based action to deal with the pandemic.
Human rights groups slam the Department of Justice’s appeal for compassion for Senator Aquilino ‘Koko’ Pimentel III as “double standard” in its implementation of strict lockdown and quarantine.
Foreigners stranded in some parts of Northern Mindanao due to the implementation of the community quarantine all over the country were flown out of the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental on Wednesday, tourism officials said Thursday (March 26).
WE, MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, journalists, press freedom advocates and academics, raise our collective voice and declare our opposition to government requiring journalists to secure accreditation from the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) to be exempted from the enhanced community quarantine. While we recognize the gravity of the situation, we assert that this imposition is unnecessary, unreasonable and unconstitutional.
