Three more person were confirmed for contracting coronavirus (Covid-19) in Davao Region, bringing the region’s case up to six, the Department of Health announced Monday.
Fourteen persons quarantined at the state-run Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) here have tested negative of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the hospital’s chief said Monday.
The University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao has proposed a diagnostic program on free testing for COVID-19, stressing the importance of increasing the testing capacity in Davao Region to contain the spread of the disease.
The enhanced community quarantine in Bukidnon has led to closing its road borders to non-residents, as a measure to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) since starting Saturday (March 21) as ordered by Governor Jose Maria Zubiri.
In the wake of the community quarantine and lockdown being implemented by local government units all over Mindanao due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) threat, bus companies and other public transport providers in Region 10 continue to operate within the region.
The Department of Health confirmed two cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection in Davao City, while two persons under investigation who died this week tested negative of the virus.
The government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak, from community quarantine to its budget prioritizing less on test kits, has drawn response from the labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno.
A coalition of doctors and health workers urges the Department of Health to reassess its policy on mass testing as the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is increasing in the country.
The City Council passed an ordinance that will impose a curfew until the community quarantine is lifted.
Three persons were killed, two of them barangay health workers (BHWs), when a hauler truck rammed into a quarantine checkpoint in a village in Maramag town, Bukidnon, late Friday night (March 20), police said Saturday.