The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a new strain of virus first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019.

COVID-19 is known to target a person’s respiratory system. Infected patients may exhibit symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, and in some cases, muscle pain and sore throat. Some patients may also be asymptomatic.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic due to the exponential increase of the number of cases in more than 100 countries.

On March 16, 2020. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte placed the entire Philippines under a State of Calamity amid the threats posed by COVID-19.

Laging Handa PH is the government’s crisis communications center. An initiative of the Presidential Communications Operations Office, Laging Handa PH delivers real-time updates on disasters, calamities, and other emergencies in the country. This serves as an integrator of all information related to the country’s current emergencies, and an aggregator of the citizen’s concerns, for the government’s immediate attention.

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Mga lumalabag sa quarantine rules, walang lusot sa batas

Nagpaalala si Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque sa publiko na hindi makakalusot sa batas ang mga lumalabag sa quarantine rules, maging mayaman o mahirap.
May 17, 2020

Indigents in MECQ areas to get 2nd tranche of SAP aid: Palace

Malacañang said that the low-income households residing in areas placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) will receive the second tranche of emergency subsidies under the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
May 17, 2020

Public urged not to be complacent with GCQ extension

Department of Health Region 8 Director Minerva Molon urged the public not to be complacent as some community quarantine rules will be relaxed to boost the economy.
May 17, 2020

Davao City, ibabalik sa ECQ pag dumami ang COVID-19 case ngayong nasa GCQ

Maaaring ibalik sa ilalim ng enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) ang Lungsod ng Davao kung sakaling dumami ang bilang ng mga mag-positibo sa COVID-19, ngayong epektibo na ang general community quarantine (GCQ), ayon kay Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.
May 17, 2020

DILG spox: PNP now handles cash payout graft, corruption cases committed by barangays

According to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, graft and corruption cases related to the handling of cash payouts under the social amelioration program will now be investigated by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and no longer by the DILG field offices, since the CIDG has more investigators than the latter.
May 17, 2020

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