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Western Visayas sees highest daily rise of COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 08:26 PM

Western Visayas on Tuesday reported 178 new COVID-19 cases, raising the region's tally of the disease to 2,307. Read more »

W. Visayas Med'l Center lab, isinara pansamantala matapos magpositibo sa COVID ang isang med tech

Joyce Ann Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 01:29 PM

Pansamantalang isinara simula ngayong Martes ang Western Visayas Medical Center Integrated Laboratory sa Iloilo City, kasama ang Sub national laboratory na sumusuri ng mga swab specimen para sa coronavirus, matapos magpositibo ang isang medical technologist ng pasilidad.   Read more »

Parts of Western Visayas suspend entry of returning residents

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 08:33 AM

Three local governments in Western Visayas have temporarily suspended the entry of returning residents and repatriated migrant workers to arrest the spread of the novel coronavirus, the interior department said Monday.    Read more »

Hundreds stranded in Manila port as provinces bar returning residents

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 07:42 AM

Some 275 people are stranded at a port in Manila after some provinces in Western Visayas barred the entry of returning residents to contain the novel coronavirus, an official said Monday.    Read more »

Western Visayas, muling ipinagbawal ang pagpasok ng mga LSI

Michael Delizo at Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 09 06:46 PM

Muling maaantala ang biyahe ng mga locally stranded individual na pauwi sa Western Visayas region matapos magpasa ang lokal na pamahalaan doon ng travel moratorium.  Read more »

7-year-old girl among new coronavirus-related deaths in Western Visayas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 03:26 AM

The DOH-6 said that the young COVID-19 patient died due to acute respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia, high-risk hypoxemia with metabolic acidosis. Read more »

DOH nanawagan sa mga doctor, nars na gustong tumulong sa COVID-19 'danger zones'

Cherry Palma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 11:12 PM

Inanunsyo ng DOH 6 sa publiko na bukas ang kanilang opisina para sa mga doktor at nars na boluntaryong magpapa-deploy sa National Capital Region, Region 3, at Region IV-A. Read more »

DOH Central Visayas says no timeout needed for region's health workers

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 11:28 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas said Monday that the situation in the region, specifically in Cebu City, is different from that of the National Capital Region despite a high number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Read more »

'Di kaya ng sahod': Mga stranded sa Batangas Port pinagsa-swab test muna bago makabiyahe

Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 07:30 PM

Stranded sa Batangas Port ang mga pasaherong pauwi sana sa Oriental Mindoro at mga probinsiya sa Visayas dahil kailangan umano nilang may maipakita na swab test result na negatibo sila sa COVID-19. Read more »

Iloilo City, Bacolod close borders anew as COVID-19 cases in W. Visayas rise

Cherry Palma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 10:23 PM

The cities of Iloilo and Bacolod have closed their borders anew due to the continued rise in the cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Western Visayas region. Read more »

Caravan, noise barrage isinagawa sa Iloilo City ilang araw bago ang SONA ni Duterte

Nony Basco, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 11:18 PM

Nagsagawa ng caravan at noise barrage ang iba’t-ibang sektor sa lungsod na ito upang ipanawagan ang kanilang pagtutol sa iba't ibang isyu at patakaran ng gobyerno, lalong-lalo na ang anti-terrorism law. Read more »

Mga chismoso at chismosa, planong gamitin para sa contact tracing ng COVID-19 patients

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 06:14 PM

Pabor ang ilang residente sa Central Visayas na tumulong sa contact tracing para sa COVID-19 ang mga chismoso at chismosa sa kanilang lugar.  Read more »

First drive- and walk-thru COVID testing center to open in Cebu City

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 06:02 PM

Residents of Cebu City and other neighboring areas can start availing of free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test beginning Friday, July 24, at a drive- and walk-thru screening facility at the Central Visayas’ Regional Hospital - Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center. Read more »

NCR positive cases, ICU bed occupancy rise to dangerous levels, offsetting gains made vs COVID-19 in Central Visayas

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 05:45 PM

The Philippine government has effectively reduced COVID-19 infections in Central Visayas through tighter quarantine measures. Those same quarantine measures may soon be needed once again in the NCR.  Read more »

Tulong ng mga 'chismosa', hihingin ng Central Visayas police para sa contact tracing

Jude Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 09:22 PM

Kung dati ay kinukutya at salot ang tingin ng mga tao sa mga chismoso at chismosa, ngayon ay maaari na silang magkaroon ng ambag sa laban ng bansa kontra sa pandemya.  Read more »

Iloilo City, Bacolod close borders as COVID-19 cases in Western Visayas rise

Yasmin Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 01:59 AM

The cities of Iloilo and Bacolod have closed their borders as officials say cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are rising in the Western Visayas region. Read more »

Several Cebu City sitios, streets to be placed under 'granular lockdown'

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 21 10:11 PM

The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force in Central Visayas, supervised by Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, has identified 21 barangays in Cebu City which the most number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the past three days. Read more »

Over 50% of coronavirus patients in Western Visayas have recovered: health officials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 12:33 AM

MANILA - More than half of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Western Visayas have recovered, the Department of Health (DOH) in the region said Monday. Read more »

Cebu City's COVID-19 recoveries outnumber active cases

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 09:10 PM

The number of COVID-19 patients in Cebu City who recuperated from the disease is higher than the city's current active cases, the Department of Health in Central Visayas said in its latest bulletin.   Read more »

Metro Manila nakapagtala ng pinakamaraming bagong COVID-19 cases: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 06:43 PM

Nangunguna pa rin ang Metro Manila sa mga lugar na nakapagtatala ng maraming bagong kaso ng coronavirus disease pero may ibang rehiyon ding umaakyat ang mga numero, ayon sa Department of Health. Read more »