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UPDATES ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)

Information may change at any time due to the evolving situation.

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Latest Updates

Date	Time	Update
June 01, 2020	5:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH orders regular and timely submission of results from labs The Department of Health (DOH) today announced that it is working with its licensed laboratories to speed up the submission of test results to ensure a more precise collation, validation, and reporting of COVID-19 data. In today’s Beat COVID-19 Virtual Presser, Health Undersecretary Dr. Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire and public health epidemiologist Dr. Troy Gepte both said that as more tests are conducted daily, COVID-19 laboratories continue to be swamped with more samples to process.
May 31, 2020	5:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH clears backlog from 27 labs, urges 14 remaining laboratories to submit complete line list The Department of Health (DOH) Epidemiology Bureau (EB) announced that it has cleared all the backlog cases for validation based on the complete line lists submitted by twenty seven (27) operational licensed laboratories and the partial line list submitted by one (1) licensed laboratory, out of the forty-two (42) that are currently in operation...
May 30, 2020	5:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: Be smart. Don’t ever start – DOH on World No Tobacco Day and National No Smoking Month The Department of Health, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), Civil Society Organizations, developmental partners, and advocates, will observe the annual World No Tobacco Day on the 31st of May and the National No Smoking Month throughout the month of June. This year’s local theme, “Protektahan ang Kabataang Pilipino sa Impluwensya ng Industriya ng Tobako”, aims to respond to the systematic, aggressive, and sustained tactics of the tobacco industry to attract a new generation of tobacco users - the youth...
May 30, 2020	5:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH updates data presentation, highlights three key indicators of improving situation The Department of Health (DOH) recently reformatted the presentation of the COVID-19 case data to provide a better understanding of both the pandemic and the national response. The new format now differentiates between fresh and late cases...
May 29, 2020	5:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: Daily case total comprised of old and fresh cases; rise in cases due to increased testing, clearing of backlog The number of daily confirmed cases has risen as a result of increased testing and the Department of Health’s (DOH) aggressive efforts to catch up on the testing backlog, according to Health OIC-Undersecretary Dr. Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire. In today’s Beat COVID-19 Virtual Presser, Singh-Vergeire discussed with public health epidemiologists the circumstances behind the new data and how the public can better understand the reality of the situation. “Gaya po ng naipaliwanag namin kahapon, hindi ito nangangahulugan na lumalala ang sitwasyon ng COVID-19 sa bansa,” she noted...

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