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Churches, schools open doors to frontliners, street dwellers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 01 10:32 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Several churches, both Catholic and Christian denominations, in Metro Manila have opened its doors to health workers and other frontline personnel in need of housing as Luzon remained on lockdown due to the threat of COVID-19.  Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s excruciating Monday midnight report

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 01 12:19 AM

Only a person with a warped mind would call the death of healthcare workers because of Covid-19 “swerte.” Read more »

DOH: Health workers with mild symptoms now included in COVID-19 tests

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 10:42 PM

Frontline health workers who are experiencing mild symptoms will now be tested for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. Read more »

Infectious disease doctor highlights plight of health workers in COVID-19 fight

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 01:06 PM

MANILA - Dr. Daisy Ilagan-Tagarda has not held her two children, ages 3 and 7 years old, since the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) began to spread in the Philippines. Read more »

Alarmed by healthworkers' deaths, doctor couple produces coveralls for fellow frontliners

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 08:16 AM

Together with friends from in and outside the medical community, Doctors Neil and Lillian Rodrigo from Taytay, Rizal are racing to manufacture personal protective equipment, particularly coveralls, for their colleagues in government hospitals. Read more »

Protect our frontline health workers

Teodoro B. Padilla -- Medicine Matters
Posted at Mar 31 02:43 AM

We must protect our frontline health workers or face the grim prospect of a paralyzed health system at the worst possible time.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 30, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 01:33 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Free ride for frontliners

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 05:52 PM

A healthcare worker on Monday carries documents inside a free shuttle provided by government during the lockdown imposed on Luzon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

'He fought like a hero': Young doctor among 8 killed in ill-fated medical flight

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 07:15 PM

A young doctor was among the 8 people who lost their lives when a Japan-bound plane erupted in flames during takeoff at the Manila airport this weekend, his sister said.  Read more »

The ANC Brief: Violence against health worker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 04:44 AM

Metro Manila enters its third week on lockdown. Here are the stories making the headlines on ANC today. Read more »

Into the night

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 08:42 PM

Frontline health personnel from the National Kidney and Transplant Institute triage attend to patients coming into the hospital for treatment on Sunday. Read more »

Chinese embassy itinangging nagbigay ng test kits na 40 porsiyento ang accuracy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 06:44 PM

Itinanggi ng embahada ng China sa Pilipinas na galing sa kanila ang tinukoy ng Department of Health na COVID-19 test kits na 40 porsiyento lang ang accuracy o kasiguraduhan ng resulta. Read more »

690 doctors, nurses volunteer to fight COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 04:30 PM

 Some 690 health workers have volunteered to serve in the fight against COVID-19 after the Department of Health called for support as cases in the country continued to climb. Read more »

Philippines loses 12 doctors to COVID-19: group

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 04:21 PM

Twelve Filipino doctors have died fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, an official of the Philippine Medical Association said Sunday. Read more »

Gov't 'willing' to pay P50-K salary for volunteer doctors: solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 01:55 PM

Lawmakers are "willing" to allot payment for volunteer health workers equivalent to the regular salary of their counterparts who are newly-hired by government, Rep. Eric Go Yap said Sunday, as the country fights the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

3 San Lazaro Hospital health workers infected with COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 01:55 PM

Three healthcare workers of San Lazaro Hospital in Manila have tested positive for COVID-19, its chief for adult infectious diseases said Sunday.   Read more »

4 National Center for Mental Health workers positive for coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 01:58 PM

The National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) said Friday 4 of its employees tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).   Read more »

US recruits medical professionals from abroad as coronavirus cases rise

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 06:11 PM

MANILA - The United States said it was looking for medical professionals, particularly "those working on #COVID19issues" who wish to work in the US on a work or exchange visitor visa (H or J) as the country's coronavirus cases continue to surge. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 02:57 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Health workers first: Baguio residents urged to show courtesy to medical frontliners

Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 06:06 PM

BAGUIO CITY - Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong appealed to the public to show appreciation to healthcare workers in the frontline through small gestures. Read more »