Sinimulan ng gobyerno ang mass testing sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isang buwan matapos ideklara ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang state of public health emergency at kalaunan nagpataw ang isang lockdown sa buong Luzon upang mapigilan ang pagkalat ng virus na nagdala ng sakit sa 4,932 katao at pumatay sa 315, kabilang ang 21 mga doktor, base sa rekord ng Abril 13, alas-4 ng hapon.
The government started mass testing on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) one month after President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of public health emergency and later imposed a Luzon-wide lockdown to stop the rampaging virus that has afflicted 4,932 persons and claimed the lives of 315, including 21 doctors, as of 4 p.m. on April 13.
WHO refuted the claim of eggs as a COVID-19 cure.
President Rodrigo Duterte made two inaccurate claims about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in his previous late night speeches: that the novel coronavirus is airborne, and that China has registered the highest death toll.
President Duterte downplayed the gravity of the outbreak and likened the nature of the novel coronavirus to others that are either treatable or have already been contained in a press briefing two months ago.
Reports on the matter do not say the kits are supplied from China.
The promised food and money assistance finally came the day after violence broke out Wednesday when residents of Sitio San Roque in Quezon City staged a protest against the city government neglect of them three weeks into the lockdown due to COVID-19.
Beneath the silence of the streets devoid of moving vehicles, the feeling of anxiety, fear and sadness is deeply palpable. Photos by Luis Liwanag.
I thought I’d never live to see deserted streets and empty church and empty schools before holy week.
Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ang bawat bansa sa buong mundo ay nag utos ng lockdown bilang tugon sa dumadaming mga kaso ng Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
