The Southern Philippines Medical Center announced that it has taken steps to increase its testing capacity for the coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) in the Davao region.
The Davao City government is eyeing to build three additional Covid-19 testing laboratories to speed up testing of cases in Mindanao.
The Davao City government has implemented a lockdown on two communities as a preemptive measure to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to implement “martial law-like” measures, allegedly to curb violations of the enhanced community quarantine. Human rights advocates, however, said that militarist actions are uncalled for, and could potentially lead to human rights abuses.
After he tested negative from the coronavirus-2019 (Covid-19) infection, Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri has donated more than 6,000 pieces of antibody diagnostic kits that will help medical experts in the detection of the virus to hospitals in Mindanao.