News Roundup 26 March 2020
Mar 26, 2020 • 1 min Read
COVID-19 cases in PH: 707 with 45 deaths | INQUIRER.NET – Seventy-one new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, raising the total to 707. The death toll also climbed to 45, with seven new fatalities, as of 4 p.m. Thursday and the number of COVID-19 patients who recovered jumped to 28 following two new recoveries.
Duque agrees with Makati Med: Pimentel breached quarantine protocols | PHILSTAR.COM – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III agreed with Makati Medical Center that Sen. Koko Pimentel breached quarantine protocol when he went to the hospital on Tuesday.
COMELEC official now a PUI | Manila Bulletin – Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said she is now a person under investigation (PUI) for possible COVID-19 infection. The poll official said she got herself tested for COVID-19 on Thursday. “I am coughing and came in contact with a person who tested positive,” Guanzon said in an interview.
Displaced OFWs to get cash aid | The Manila Times – A $200-monthly subsidy will be provided to all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who would lose their jobs because of the economic effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE). Bello said the money might be disbursed to the Filipino worker abroad or to the family in the Philippines if he or she is a member of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
