Some 75 employees and patients at the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) were infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the 75, 62 are employees at the Mandaluyong health facility and 13 are psychiatric patients, Health Undersecretary Maria...

The Philippine government has raised to P1.49 trillion the funding requirement for the various measures aimed to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. "The total amount of funds we have committed to combat the virus is now P1.491 trillion,” Finance...

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his government officials to continue discussions on whether to lift, extend or modify the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday the President issued the...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivor Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri has donated his plasma to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in order to help other COVID-19 patients. "I was very lucky to have recovered with no complications but that is not the case for many other...

Senator  Joel Villanueva on Tuesday raised alarm over the huge potential of spreading the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) because there are several Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) workers working in an enclosed area and are residing in high rise condominiums. Villanueva said the Department of...

United  States President Donald Trump has offered additional assistance to the Philippines as the country battles the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the US Embassy said on Tuesday. In a statement Tuesday, the US Embassy said  Trump made the offer during his phone conversation with...

Senator Bong Go reminded concerned national agencies and local government units (LGUs) to consider in their respective lists of beneficiaries the barangay workers who are qualified to receive assistance from the government's social amelioration program (SAP) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health emergency. Earlier, Go...

With the national government set to replicate Valenzuela City’s inclusion of Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) in mass testing activities, Senator Win Gatchalian said local government units (LGUs) will be better equipped in tracking down asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as this is...

Around 5,000 specimens are pending coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirmation in Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) laboratories as 43 of its workforce already confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus. To assist the Institute through this situation, RITM Director Dr. Celia Carlos said the Department...

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday reported that positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases nationwide rose to 6,599 with 140 new infections. The DOH also reported that, as of 4 p.m., April 21,  the death toll from COVID-19 also climbed to 437 after nine...