16/09/2020
This is so sad.
NEARLY 273,000 RECORDED COVID-19 CASES. For 9 straight days, the Philippines has tallied over 3,000 additional cases in its daily coronavirus report, which according to the health department was due to both regular and delayed reporting of laboratories.
Here's a quick rundown of today's biggest news on the pandemic (September 16, 2020).
• With 3,550 additional coronavirus infections, PH's total caseload rises further to 272,934 https://bit.ly/2RtmUkC
• PH's active COVID-19 cases now at 60,344
• COVID-19 recoveries in PH up by 524 to make it 207,858
• 69 more people succumbed to COVID-19, taking PH's virus death toll to 4,732
• PH to receive another 1,000 vials of antiviral drug remdesivir for ongoing Solidarity Trial of the World Health Organization, health official says https://bit.ly/3knZhX8
• World Health Organization’s clinical trials for possible COVID-19 vaccines set to start in PH in October and will last for 18 months, health department says https://bit.ly/3hBSoQ6
• Supreme Court rejects plea of group of health advocates urging PH gov't to conduct free mass testing for coronavirus https://bit.ly/2ZJs6Fl
• Gabriela party-list representative is 10th House lawmaker to contract COVID-19 https://bit.ly/2FHdSxO
• Member of University of the Philippines' inter-disciplinary research group rejects government's claim that country holds best coronavirus testing record in Asia https://bit.ly/2FzzGvw
• Duterte to decide on country's physical distancing policy in public transport as task force on pandemic fails to reach consensus on issue https://bit.ly/35CpUn0
• Duterte orders several government agencies to tap small businesses for production of face masks to be distributed to public for free https://bit.ly/3mtRbxJ
• Commission on Higher Education orders college based in Isabela to shut down face-to-face classes after one of its students test positive for coronavirus https://bit.ly/3hIrrKM
• Number of overseas Filipinos who contracted COVID-19 now at 10,339 with 16 additional cases https://bit.ly/2FH5ZZ4
• India's coronavirus cases surpass 5 million-mark, with its latest 1 million cases recorded in just 11 days https://bit.ly/3iBwkGt
• US President Trump says coronavirus vaccine may be available within a month https://bit.ly/3iGFEJi
• World Health Organization's chief scientist says don't expect enough COVID-19 vaccines for life to return to normal until 2022 https://bit.ly/3iCnetc
More updates on COVID-19 here: https://news.abs-cbn.com/covid19-watch
