A group of monkeys has been searched in India after stealing blood samples of coronavirus-positive patients. According to Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College and Hospital medical superintendent Dr. Dheeraj Baliyan, while walking by his lab assistant working at the COVID-19 facility and carrying blood samples for examination. Immediately attacked by monkeys it took a…
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – No medical cerfiticate from elsewhere is allowed in the City of General Santos, especially if a COVID-19 case has been reported. This is what Dr. said. Lalaine Calonzo, Gensan City Health officer when asked by the media. In fact, only those outside of Region 12 need to get it but are…
MANILA- Senator Sonny Angara reconsidered COVID-19 a month after he became negative about the disease. According to Angara, he was examined twice last month and appeared to have no virus in his body. The senator needed to re-test in order to donate blood plasma to be used on other COVID-19 patients. So it came as…
MANILA –The music video, released by the Chinese embassy in Manila, features a song written by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, with Camarines Sur Vice Governor Imelda Papin as one of the performers. In the over four-minute video uploaded on the Embassy’s social media page, a song from Chinese and Filipino singers was…
President Rodrigo R. Duterte has ordered the investigation of six hospitals in Cabanatuan City for allegedly refusing to see or examine a farmer who died of a heart attack on Holy Thursday night. In his review conducted with members of the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), the Chief Executive warned…
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 10) — Award-winning journalist and radio host, Arnold Clavio posted on his Instagram asks Health Sec. Duque for ‘real’ updates regarding the COVID-19 situation in the Philippines. Mga ‘iGan, ang impormasyon na ito ay hindi para manakot o lumikha ng situwasyon para mag-panic ang publiko. Pero may karapatan tayo na…
Catholic Churches in the Philippines have opened its doors to medical workers and other frontline personnel seeking shelter as Luzon remained on lockdown due to the threat of COVID-19. According to Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo and to the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP), food and shelter for health workers and…
MANILA, Philippines Actress Iza Calzado disclosed yesterday that she’s tested positive for COVID-19 as the number of infections steadily rise in the Philippines. her manager Noel Ferrer said in an Instagram post on Saturday, March 28. Ferrer said Calzado got her test results on Friday, March 27. “She is recovering well as she was aggressively treated…
Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ address during the extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing he delivered while praying for an end of the coronavirus. “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our…
NUEVA VIZCAYA, Philippines – A 65 years-old male was the first to die of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in Nueva Vizcaya province and in the Cagayan Valley Region. Governor Carlos Padilla confirmed on Thursday, March 26, the first positive case and fatality of COVID-19 in Nueva Vizcaya. In a Facebook post, the Nueva Vizcaya…
