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DOH urged to use social media for contact-tracing

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Posted at Aug 07 02:33 PM

A lawmaker on Friday urged the Department of Health to tap into social media to trace patients with the novel coronavirus and the people that had close contact with them. Read more »

Rapid test caused COVID-19 surge? 'Speculative,' says doctor

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Posted at Aug 07 01:18 PM

There is no evidence that rapid test kits spurred coronavirus infections, a doctor said Friday, as she pushed for its continued use in workplaces while authorities sought to lift the economy from recession.    Read more »

1 in 4 MSMEs closed due to COVID-19 pandemic: trade chief

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Posted at Aug 07 11:20 AM

The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered about a quarter of the country's micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the trade department said Friday, as authorities lined up measures to lift the economy from recession.  Read more »

DTI says no need for workers without symptoms to be tested for coronavirus

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Updated as of Aug 07 04:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Department of Trade and Industry said Friday there would be "no need" to test workers who show no symptoms of novel coronavirus infection as authorities seek to boost the Philippine economy after falling into recession due to the pandemic.  Read more »

Pullout of barrio doctors, nurses for COVID-19 fight in NCR raises virus fears

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Posted at Aug 07 09:27 AM

Some health frontliners are hesitating to move to Metro Manila, the country’s coronavirus epicenter, despite a call to do so by the health department. Read more »

East Avenue Medical Center to be used as COVID-19 hospital: official

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Posted at Aug 07 08:50 AM

The government is converting East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City into a hospital dedicated to patients with COVID-19 to augment dwindling bed capacity for the pandemic, an official said Friday. Read more »

Lalaki nagnakaw umano ng pinto para mapakain ang buntis na misis

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Updated as of Aug 07 08:08 PM

Inaresto ang isang lalaking nawalan ng trabaho dahil sa COVID-19 lockdown matapos siyang maaktuhang nagnanakaw umano ng pinto para maipagbili ito at mapakain ang kaniyang buntis na asawa sa Pasay City, Huwebes ng gabi.  Read more »

QC mayor: Incomplete patient data from DOH slows down contact-tracing

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Posted at Aug 06 01:25 PM

Incomplete data from the Department of Health on patients with the novel coronavirus slows down the search for those who had close contact with them and could further spread the disease, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Thurday.  Read more »

Fabella hospital reiterates appeal to patients to be truthful about health status

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Posted at Aug 05 06:26 PM

MANILA - The Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital on Wednesday appealed to patients to be truthful about their condition to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the government-run maternity facility.  Read more »

CSC: 153 gov’t agencies on lockdown due to coronavirus

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 03:25 PM

At least 153 government agencies were on lockdown as of Wednesday after the novel coronavirus hit their employees, the Civil Service Commission said.  Read more »

Robredo urges employers: Use technology so 'no one is left behind' in pandemic

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Posted at Aug 05 02:53 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo is urging employers to tap technology to help more people during the coronavirus pandemic and ensure that "no one is left behind."  Read more »

DOH probing if coronavirus antibody tests fueled spike in cases

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Posted at Aug 05 01:03 PM

The Department of Health said Wednesday it was studying whether or not the use of antibody tests for the novel coronavirus led to a spike of COVID-19 cases in one area.   Read more »

Copying Baguio, Mumbai: Health officers to go on house-to-house search for people with COVID-19 symptoms

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 12:27 PM

The Department of Health said Wednesday it would adopt the strategies of Mumbai, India and Baguio City in its house-to-house search in certain barangays for people with symptoms of COVID-19 and their close contacts.  Read more »

Health dept shuns solon’s call to publish names of virus patients

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Updated as of Aug 05 11:45 AM

The Department of Health said Wednesday it “cannot just” publish the names of patients with the novel coronavirus disease, contrary to the suggestion of a lawmaker.  Read more »

DOH: Sacking Duque a 'disadvantage' despite 'a lot of gaps' in virus fight

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 04:20 PM

The Philippines will be at a "disadvantage" if it sacks Health Secretary Francisco Duque as sought by several senators, his agency said Wednesday, even as it admitted "a lot of gaps" in efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more »

DOH asks public not to misinterpret top officials' statements

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 12:45 PM

The Department of Health said Wednesday it was encountering difficulty in dispelling misinformation on the coronavirus pandemic and advised the public to refrain from misinterpreting information from top leaders.  Read more »

Using rapid tests to check for COVID-19 'like a coin toss': doctor

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Updated as of Aug 05 10:43 AM

MANILA – A medical expert on Wednesday likened the use of rapid antibody test as basis for diagnosis for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive patients to a coin toss.    Read more »

Nurses should become cops? Duterte advice ‘irrational,’ says group

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 12:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark that nurses should just join the police force if they wanted higher pay is “irrational” and an “evasion of responsibility”, a leader of health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic said Tuesday.  Read more »

Hatid Tulong chief eyes travel ban exception for LSIs

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Posted at Aug 04 10:26 AM

The leader of a government program to bring home to their provinces locally stranded individuals (LSIs) in Metro Manila is seeking to have them exempted from a travel ban during the region’s return to stricter lockdown measures.    Read more »

27 million Filipinos return to stricter lockdown as virus cases soar

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Updated as of Aug 04 03:23 PM

Some 27 million people in the Philippines or about a quarter of the population went back under the second strictest lockdown level on Tuesday after exhausted health workers warned the country was losing the battle against the coronavirus.  Read more »