The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas said the COVID-19 molecular laboratory at the Governor Celestino Gallares Hospital will soon become operational.
A sitio (sub-village in Banga town, South Cotabato province was placed under total lockdown for five days after a returning Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who tested positive for the COVID-19 breached quarantine .
Dr. Loreche, DOH-7 chief pathologist and spokesperson on COVID-19, said they have recorded 6,005 patients who have not experienced any coronavirus symptom.
The municipality of Lambunao in Iloilo province is coordinating the repeat swab test of 20 locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who tested positive for the COVID-19.
Over 80 percent of more than 5,000 business establishments in Metro Manila have complied with the interim guidelines on workplace prevention and control of the COVID-19.