Davao Region is preparing to open its borders to allow people to travel in as part of relaxing quarantine protocol, as local governments are preparing health screening measures on entry points.
A regional board regulating public transportation urges jeepney drivers to follow protocols on social distancing, while drivers are raring to go back to the road to earn for their family.
Two Manobo community in Surigao del Sur are reportedly fearful of military operations that have led to an arrest of a resident in the midst of the quarantine and pandemic.
Doctors call out Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque for misinformation by interpreting the “mass testing” for COVID-19 as testing all Filipinos. They challenged him to engage the public with science on raising their understanding on this issue.
The displaced Manobo Lumads in UCCP Haran clarified that the infant that died last week was not related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) as claimed by some Facebook pages.