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Read more about the article DOH Region 10 confirms first COVID-19 case in Mindanao
TEMPERATURE CHECK. Using a thermal scanner, medical personnel from the Department of Health-10 (DOH-10) check the temperature of arriving passengers at the Laguindingan Airport Wednesday (March 11), in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The DOH-10 has confirmed Thursday that a patient now confined at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center has tested positive for the coronavirus. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

DOH Region 10 confirms first COVID-19 case in Mindanao

Health authorities on Thursday (March 12) have now put a person who was confirmed to be positive of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after confinement at a local hospital on isolation.

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Read more about the article Mayor Sara Duterte in voluntary quarantine for COVID-19
`The Davao City Government on Thursday, March 12, 2020, announces that Mayor Sara Duterte is presently under monitored self-quarantine in her house as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Davao City Information Office)

Mayor Sara Duterte in voluntary quarantine for COVID-19

Davao City Mayor and Presidential daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio has placed herself under quarantine as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), her office reported on Thursday, March 12.

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Read more about the article Palace declares state of emergency over COVID-19 outbreak
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at the launching of the Department of Agriculture's partnership with Ayala Malls at the Abreeza Mall in Davao City on November 18, 2017, (Presidential Photo)

Palace declares state of emergency over COVID-19 outbreak

President Duterte has signed on Sunday, March 8, Proclamation No.922 declaring a state of Public Health Emergency nationwide following the confirmation of local transmission of coronavirus disease in the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Coronavirus affects reshipment of Korean trash, Customs revenue collection
Bureau of Customs’ Mindanao Container Terminal sub-port collector John Simon. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Coronavirus affects reshipment of Korean trash, Customs revenue collection

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) in China that spread all over the world has played a factor in the delay of the shipment of the remaining 2,000 metric tons of trash back to South Korea, the Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao (BOC-10) said Wednesday.

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