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Duterte warns local officials who won’t act vs COVID-19

December 27, 2020

Local government officials who would not follow the direction of the interagency task force in fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) must be replaced, according to President Rodrigo Duterte. With the new strains being reported in other countries that are feared

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Duterte wants to create panel to look into developments related to new coronavirus strains

December 27, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing on creating a new task force which involves medical experts and doctors that will handle new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) strains. During his emergency meeting last Saturday, Duterte said his office invited medical experts to help

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Duterte: Lockdown may be imposed if new coronavirus strain from UK spreads in Philippines

December 27, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said there is a possibility of another lockdown if the new coronavirus (COVID-19) strain in the United Kingdom spreads in the country. In his televised emergency meeting with his Cabinet members, Duterte said imposing a

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Military to ban people’s movement in southern border to curb entry of new COVID-19 strain

December 27, 2020

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the military will ban the movement of people at the southern border of the country to help the government prevent the entry of the new strain of COVID-19 in the Philippines. During the Cabinet meeting

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Briones to comply with pilot implementation of face-to-face classes

December 27, 2020

Education Secretary Leonor Briones confirmed the cancellation of the pilot implementation of the face-to-face classes next year following the order of President Rodrigo Duterte due to the threat of a new strain of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) monitored in the United

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Duterte says new COVID-19 strain detected in Sabah

December 27, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday the new strain of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been detected in Sabah. ”The provincial government of Sulu has called the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for assistance following

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Duterte warns US it will end VFA unless at least 20 million COVID-19 vaccines are delivered

December 27, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte warned it will end the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) if America will fail  to deliver at least 20 million COVID-19 vaccines for the Philippines. “Do not believe…  that America delivering immediately. They were not able to deliver

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Duterte extends travel ban from UK for two more weeks

December 27, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte extended the travel ban for flights from the United Kingdom for two more weeks. Duterte made this announcement during Saturday night’s televised meeting between the government and infectious disease experts. The current ban will last December 31.

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