Malacañang assures that the swab testing of OFWs would not be affected by the decision of the Philippine National Red Cross to stop conducting tests that are being charged to the PhilHealth.
The Department of Health announces that the number of patients infected with COVID-19 continues to improve, reporting an average of around 2,200 cases every day nationwide.
Latin America and the Caribbean reports at least 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 370,000 deaths, plunging the region into its worst health, economic and social crisis in recent history.
The financing, which aims to support vaccination of up to 1 billion people, is part of an overall World Bank package of up to USD160 billion through June 2021 to help developing countries fight the pandemic.
“I hope we don’t experience what is happening in Europe as what is being reported by international news agencies, but we cannot deny that the number of infections may rise again if we become irresponsible.“
A total of 12 towns from Samar and Southern Leyte provinces have been identified by the Department of Health as coronavirus-free with no single case recorded since the start of the global health crisis.
Stricter precautionary measures have to be in place now that a study by Australian national science agency revealed that the novel coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 28 days.