#COVID-19

DILG to hire more contact tracers next month

https://youtu.be/3VwH6N-xyRI?list=PLogMBc7vOosGR75yjFfN9UWjbxFvD5-GY The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced that it will start recruiting 50,000 additional contact tracers next month to support the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response. The move follows the...

DOH looks into possible COVID-19 reinfection

https://youtu.be/I0XgaRWI9DM?list=PLogMBc7vOosGR75yjFfN9UWjbxFvD5-GY The Department of Health (DOH) is now studying the possibility of COVID-19 reinfection after a patient in Hong Kong reportedly got infected twice by different strains of the virus. The DOH explained...

Highest monthly suicide-related calls for 2020 registered in July – NCMH data

https://youtu.be/-J3AktmT2UM?list=PLogMBc7vOosGR75yjFfN9UWjbxFvD5-GY Some government officials have recently expressed worry on the increasing number of suicide cases in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) revealed that...

DBM submits proposed P4.5T National Budget to Congress

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has submitted the proposed Php 4.506 trillion National Budget to Congress for 2021. Next year’s allocation prioritizes the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response of...

PRRD to VP Robredo: ‘Do not add fuel to the fire’

https://youtu.be/L9uD_DlUUr8 President Rodrigo Duterte answered in his televised public address on Tuesday the statement of Vice President Leni Robredo regarding the government’s COVID-19 response. “Please do not add fuel to the fire. You...

COVID-19 vaccine to undergo Phase 4, FDA clarifies

The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has clarified that the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine will still undergo Phase 4 even if the government has allowed its procurement without completing...

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