• PH reaches new all-time highs in COVID-19 cases
• Duterte allows private sector to import vaccines 'at will'
• Maximizing the lockdown
National Task Force deputy chief implementer and Testing czar Vince Dizon: Today, in San Juan, we start the simultaneous vaccination of healthcare workers, senior citizens and persons with comorbidities
Testing czar Dizon: In the past 2 weeks, we've been hitting average 45,000 tests per day. We still need to test more
Testing czar Dizon: With PCR testing, we're limited to 24-48 hours. If we ramp up with antigen tests in hospitals and dense areas, we can confirm COVID-19 cases faster
Testing czar Dizon: The DOH publishes COVID-19 figures after cut off, and some labs send figures late
Testing czar Dizon: We don't stop testing even if ECQ ends in NCR Plus bubble
Testing czar Dizon on Vice President @lenirobredo's 'Swab Cab' project, a free mobile antigen testing program: This is very welcome. Any help from anyone is welcome. We thank the vice president bit.ly/3ctVRRx
Testing czar Dizon on price of RT-PCR testing: Dati, tests go up to ₱8,000. Now, it's ₱3,000 or below
Health Professionals Alliance against COVID-19 (HPAAC) member-doctors Antonio and Leonila Dans join #TheSource
HPAAC on PH recording over 10,000 new COVID-19 infections yesterday: We're not surprised. It's going to get worse, before it gets better
HPAAC on what will happen after the week-long ECQ in NCR Plus 'bubble': What we will see are behavioral changes among people in the next weeks
HPAAC: Vaccination is not the only answer. This ECQ, we need to re-strategize. One big measure is creating a one COVID-referral system
HPAAC: We lack data management to monitor real-time capacity of health facilities
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DOH Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire says results of the genome sequencing to detect COVID-19 cases with the more transmissible variants may be released on Friday or Saturday
DOH Usec. Vergeire on COVID-19 quarantine facilities: Merong ding bubuksan na quarantine facilities na dating sinara na — nire-reactivate naman po
NTF Against COVID-19 medical adviser Dr. @Teddybird on possible ECQ extension: Ang ECQ, kapag pinahaba, mababawasan talaga yung paghawa ng mga kababayan sa sakit na ito, pero dapat kasabay ng other health measures
Dr. Herbosa: Kung ako ang tatanungin syempre magandan tuloy-tuloy baka more than one week pa nga hanggang bumaba ang reproduction number
The group Filipino Nurses United sees the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as an added cause of suffering for the health workers and the Filipinos in general amid the surge COVID-19 cases | @TristanNodalo
@TristanNodalo Filipino Nurses United: A repeat of hard lockdown or ECQ, without clear coordinated plans for the health workers and assurance of economic assistance and aid for the marginalized sectors who would again be displaced is headed for another failure | @TristanNodalo
@TristanNodalo Nurses group: The nurse to patient ratio in COVID-19 wards should be 1:3 for moderate to severe patients and 1:1 for critical care. But in reality 1 nurse handles an average of 12 severe cases and in intensive care unit 1 nurse takes care of 2-3 patients | @TristanNodalo
THREAD: Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Henry Lim Bon Liong and Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion join Kapihan sa Manila Bay cnn.ph
"Will their love survive once it's taken offline?"
Director @jphabac says pandemic-themed movie 'Dito at Doon' follows the journey of two characters who developed a relationship through messages and phone calls.
@jphabac@janinegutierrez@qaloyJCsantos .@janinegutierrez: It was my first time to work together in a film [with JC]. Super saya ng experience, we were able to go through the journey of the characters, we were able to live that while shooting lock-in