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Watch the meeting of President Duterte and IATF-EID on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (5/25/2020).

If you missed the live broadcast, then you can rewatch the meeting between President Duterte and IATF-EID, as they talked about the next course of action on how to tackle the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Philippines.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to his ‘kababayans’ after presiding over the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) meeting where they discussed the latest updates on the government’s efforts and programs being implemented to mitigate the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

The President addresses various concerns and issues as the country continues to battle the COVID-19, with the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila and other cities still placed under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) until May 31, 2020.

He calls on every Filipino to brace for the ‘new normal’ that would provide for more relaxed quarantine protocols while reviving local and national economies. He also urges the people for their full cooperation in following the minimum health standards such as frequent hand washing, wearing of face masks and observing social distancing measures to help flatten the curve. He asks for every Filipino to uphold the bayanihan spirit and resiliency as the country continues to battle the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Philippines now have 12,718 of confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,729 recovered and 831 deaths

We just got a new update from Department of Health (DOH) regarding the stats of COVID-19 in the Philippines.

The Health department announced an additional 205 coronavirus cases have been recorded today, making the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country to 12,718, wherein 2,729 have recovered and 831 deaths, that’s a 6.53% mortality rate for the Philippines.

The number of cases is expected to rise as the government starts to slowly ease the country from lockdown.

Photos of Boracay since being placed under enhanced community quarantine since March 23, 2020

We can all agree that if there’s on positive thing that the Coronavirus or COVID-19 has given us, is that it has helped our planet to heal or at least recover from all the man-made damages it has received.

One proof of this is these photos uploaded by Fritz Mendez, who is a bank teller at Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc., Boracay Branh.

In his post, accompanied with 5 stunning photos of the Boracay island, he simple said;

Paradise 🌴 is healing.
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#boracay #boracayisland #boracayphilippines #asia #beach #island #nature #naturephotography #beachlover #blue #bluewater #bluesky #islandvibes #quarantine #quarantinelife #beautiful @ Boracay Island

Here are the photos;

Source: Fritz Mendez

Watch President Rodrigo Duterte Public Address regarding COVID-19

If you missed President Duterte’s public address earlier, then you can rewatch the full video below.

In the video, President Duterte addressed a number of concern regarding Government’s action in helping the slowdown of spread of the virus, how to help our Frontliners and what needs to be done to help those who are affected by current crisis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQZe1Us2iDc

From ABS-CBN: Number of confirmed COVID-19 in the Philippines is now at 1,418

The number of confirmed COVID-19 in the Philippines is now at 1,418, this was confirmed by Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. There have been 71 deaths and 42 have recovered from the virus, the Undersecretary added.

Globally, there have been a total of 571,678 of confirmed cases, 26,494 deaths with a 4.63% mortality rate. The United States now have the most number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 at 125,443, surpassing Italy and China. Italy still have the most deaths due to the virus at 10,779.

You can read ABS-CBN’s full report – COVID-19 cases sa Pilipinas nasa 1,418 na. You can also go to Google for their Coronavirus (COVID-19) map or DoH’s COVID-19 Case Tracker.

Saudi Arabia extends curfew to 3:00 PM

Three days after imposing a curfew, Saudi government announced that the curfew will now extend to 3:00 Pm in the afternoon from the previous time of 7:00 PM.

The new curfew time took effect today, March 26, 2020, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1,012. There were also reports that a curfew violators have been apprehended in the Eastern region of the country.

The new curfew time will not affect the previously reported exemption like “employees of the security, military and media sectors, and workers in the sensitive health and service sectors.”

Source: Arab News

Angkas introduces Angkas Food, a food delivery service to help their riders

Angkas, the ride-sharing motorcycle company, just introduced Angkas Food, a food delivery service wherein the riders will keep 100% of the delivery fees. Angkas said that this is their way of helping their drivers earn a living in this time of COVID-19.

The delivery fee will be Php60 on the first KM and Php10 in the succeeding kilometer up to 5 km.

The service will initially be available in Metro Manila area and will deliver from 10:00 in the morning until 5:30 in the afternoon. You can go here to checkout the list of restaurants and menus.

Saudi Government enforces curfew to slowdown the spreading of COVID-19

In an effort to slowdown the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus or COVID-19, the Saudi Arabian government has mpose a kingdom-wide curfew for 21 days, which started today, Monday, March 23, 2020.

The curfew will be for the “health and safety of citizens and expatriates” within the Kingdom. Exempted from the curfew “are the employees of the security, military and media sectors, and workers in the sensitive health and service sectors.” The Saudi government released a separate announcement providing additional information on the “Curfews’ Exceptions.” you read the full text of the announcement here.

The Saudi Government is also urging everyone to stay at home during the curfew period and not to leave unless it is extremely necessary.

The curfew was impose a day after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reported that there have been more than 500 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Source: SPA
Image By lawepw via flickr

Arab News: Saudi Arabia now have 511 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19

There are now 511 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In a report by Arab News, “Saudi Health Ministry spokesman Mohammed Abdelali said that 72 of the newly diagnosed people were Turkish nationals under quarantine in the holy city of Makkah after interacting with an infected compatriot.”

You can go to Arab News to read the full report.

Google launches COVID-19 website

Google has officially launch the controversial COVID-19 website.

The site (https://www.google.com/covid19/) is a United States-focused website that contains information about the virus, guidance, testing and other information that will help in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, highly contagious virus at as of this posting has affected 185 countries, 267,013 of confirmed case and more than 11,000 of confirmed deaths.

The site became a hot pic when President Donald Trump said a site where people could check symptoms, arrange a test, and get test results was coming from Google, but was actually referring to a much more limited site from Google sister company Verily.