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'Too early' to tell if Philippines flattened COVID-19 curve: health dept

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Posted at Apr 22 10:42 AM

It is "too early" to tell if the Philippines has flattened the curve of new COVID-19 infections, the Department of Health said Wednesday, the eve of President Rodrigo Duterte's decision on whether or not to modify the 6-week lockdown of Luzon to contain the pandemic.  Read more »

Galvez on whether to lift, extend lockdown: We can't rush into normalcy

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Posted at Apr 21 09:31 PM

National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. on Tuesday warned that lifting the Luzon-wide lockdown too soon may lead to serious consequences. Read more »

Salceda bats for 2-week extension of Luzon lockdown after April 30

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 01:37 PM

A House leader on Monday pushed for another 2-week extension of Luzon's enhanced community quarantine, saying the reopening of the Philippines' most populous island despite the continuous spread of the coronavirus "would be willful neglect." Read more »

After Locsin acknowledges posting 'fake news,' Año reminds public to be responsible

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Updated as of Apr 19 01:35 PM

MANILA - Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday calling on the public to be responsible in sharing information online, after a fellow member of President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet admitted that he inadvertently shared "fake news."   Read more »

Gov't eyes different lockdown options per area post-April 30: Galvez

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Updated as of Apr 19 01:13 PM

MANILA - The government's chief implementer of the Philippines' COVID-19 response said Sunday authorities will consider different options per area once the Luzon-wide lockdown, imposed more than a month ago to curb the spread of the pandemic, ends on April 30. Read more »

'Fake news': Gov't denies claims of another Luzon lockdown extension

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Posted at Apr 12 01:31 PM

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases has yet to discuss another extension of the enhanced community quarantine after it decided to prolong the lockdown for another 2 weeks, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Read more »

'Modified' lockdown extension needed to flatten the curve: gov't special adviser

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Updated as of Apr 07 03:22 PM

MANILA - The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon should be extended but modified in order for the country to gain from the current lockdown, one of the government's special advisers on the COVID-19 pandemic said Tuesday. Read more »

Metro Manila residents to get lockdown cash aid before Maundy Thursday: DSWD

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Posted at Apr 06 11:45 AM

The Philippines will distribute cash aid for the poorest residents of Metro Manila before Maundy Thursday, 4 weeks into the month-long lockdown of the entire Luzon to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the social welfare department said Monday.  Read more »

Philippines yet to flatten 'COVID-19 curve': gov't adviser

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Updated as of Apr 06 09:22 AM

The Philippines has yet to see a decrease in its daily new cases of COVID-19 as its largest island Luzon, home to 50 million, entered the last week of its monthlong lockdown, a government adviser said Monday.  Read more »

Longer Luzon lockdown? Duterte may decide next week: COVID-19 plan chief

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Updated as of Apr 06 09:02 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte might decide between this weekend and early next week on whether or not to extend the lockdown of some 50 million people in Luzon to contain COVID-19 cases, a leader of the country's pandemic action plan said Monday.    Read more »

Año says 'better to continue lockdown' until COVID-19 infections decline

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Updated as of Apr 06 12:04 AM

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday said it would be better to extend Luzon's lockdown until the number of COVID-19 infections in the country has declined. Read more »

Lifting or extending Luzon lockdown still up in the air, says Nograles

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Updated as of Apr 04 12:07 PM

MANILA - Government has yet to decide whether to lift or extend the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to address the coronavirus pandemic, an official said Saturday. Read more »

Albay Rep. Salceda calls for 2-week extension of Luzon lockdown

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 09:16 PM

House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda is calling for an extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine over Luzon.  Read more »

Lawmaker wants longer Luzon lockdown to beat coronavirus disease

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Updated as of Apr 01 01:46 PM

A lawmaker on Wednesday urged the government to extend the month-long lockdown of Metro Manila and Luzon, home to about half of the country's 100 million people, to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »