News Roundup 09 October 2020
Oct 09, 2020 • 3 min Read
COVID-19 cases in Philippines climb to 334,770; deaths at 6,152 | PHILSTAR.COM – The Department of Health reported 2,996 additional coronavirus cases Friday as the confirmed number of COVID-19 infections nationwide rose to 334,770. Of the country’s total caseload, 53,311 are active infections. The department also announced 2,996 additional recovered patients, raising to 275,307 the total number of COVID-19 survivors. However, 83 more patients succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 6,152.
Stressed over COVID-19? SWS says 86% of Filipinos were in September | PHILSTAR.COM –An overwhelming majority of Filipinos continued to experience stress due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new Social Weather Stations survey suggested. The poll conducted from September 17 to 20 found that the COVID-19 crisis brought stress to 86% of the surveyed 1,249 working age Filipinos. About 58% said they felt “great stress”—up by seven points from the 51% logged in the July survey. Some 27% of the respondents experienced “much stress” while only 15% felt “little to no stress.” Of those who said they had “great stress,” 69% experienced hunger due to lack of food to eat, while 53% did not experience it. SWS earlier reported that some 7.6 million Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger in the past three months.
How opening a window could help you avoid COVID-19 | INQUIRER.NET – PARIS — While billions are being spent on the search for a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, experts say there may be something you can do to help avoid the virus that costs nothing: open the window. Growing evidence suggests that allowing air to circulate around enclosed spaces can help disperse the air-borne viral droplets that cause infection. These fine clouds of particles, known as aerosols, are thought to be able to remain suspended in the air for long periods, even hours. That’s where reaching for the window latch may help. Epidemiologist Antoine Flahault likened dispersing the viral cloud to airing out a room when someone is smoking.
Duterte feels duped by Cayetano | Manila Bulletin – House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano earned the ire of President Duterte for making a fool of the Chief Executive and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco when the House leader vowed to resign his post on Oct. 14. Interviewed at ANC Headstart, Velasco said Duterte was furious over the series of moves made by Cayetano that were aimed at giving the speaker a reason to renege on the commitment he made to Duterte and Velasco during a meeting in Malacanang two weeks ago. But what apparently broke the camel’s back as far as Duterte is concerned was that in Cayetano’s bid to hold on to the speakership, the timely passage of the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 was threatened. “Kitang kita ko ‘yung galit ng Pangulo. Sabi sa akin ni Pangulo, ‘Lord, hindi lang ikaw ang napahiya rito, tayong dalawa (The president was visibly angry. He told me: ‘Lord, both of us were put to shame),” Velasco said. Velasco said the President used the Filipino term “nadenggoy” or duped to describe what Cayetano had done to them.
9 inmates killed in New Bilibid Prison riot | The Manila Times – The Southern Police District (SPD) said the nine inmates were from rival gangs Sputnik and Commando, according to Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Assistant Secretary Gabriel Chaclag. Chaclag, a former BuCor spokesman, told radio dzMM in an earlier interview on Friday that the fight between the gangs erupted at the NBP quadrant around at 2:30 a.m. and was “contained” at 4 a.m. “before it could escalate”. Investigation is ongoing as of posting time.
