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DOH says surge in COVID-19 cases can't be blamed on return of former LSIs

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 07:31 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday the return of previously stranded individuals to their home provinces couldn't be blamed for the spike of COVID-19 cases in the countryside. Read more »

Returning residents not required to undergo swab tests: DILG

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Updated as of Jun 29 11:11 AM

Residents returning to their home provinces do not yet need to undergo swab testing for the coronavirus, the vice-chairperson of the national task force against the COVID-19 pandemic said Monday.   Read more »

Lorenzana bans return of stranded individuals to Iloilo, Negros Occidental

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Posted at Jun 28 07:37 PM

NTF Chairman and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he approved a 14-day ban on the return of LSIs to the two provinces on the request of their local government officials. Read more »

Gov't to swab test stranded Filipinos before return trips to provinces

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 04:58 PM

All stranded Filipinos will be subject to COVID-19 swab tests before they are transported to their home provinces, Malacañang said Friday as the government sought to control the local transmission of the virus. Read more »

Philippines sets mass travel for stranded passengers bound for Region 8

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Updated as of Jun 26 10:42 AM

MANILA - The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is arranging mass travel to bring passengers stranded due to the lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) back to their home provinces in Region 8.  Read more »

DILG suspends return trips of stranded individuals to Eastern Visayas for 14 days

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 05:05 PM

The Department of the Interior and Local Government said Thursday it is suspending for 14 days return trips of stranded individuals to Eastern Visayas to control the local transmission of COVID-19. Read more »

Cebu City may be next virus 'hotspot,' says task force adviser

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Updated as of Jun 22 09:40 AM

Cebu City could be the next "hotspot" for the COVID-19 pandemic while rising cases in neighboring Eastern Visayas is "alarming," an adviser to the government's pandemic response task force said Monday. Read more »

Robredo office taps 5 buses to take stranded persons back to home provinces

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Posted at Jun 20 12:58 AM

The OVP said in a statement that the buses were scheduled for trips to Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate and Sorsogon. Read more »

Over 13,000 from central, southern PH still stranded in Luzon: official

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 12:52 PM

MANILA - Over 13,000 remain stranded in Luzon and are still awaiting transportation assistance to return to their home provinces in Visayas and Mindanao, a government official said Wednesday.   Read more »