China News Service, Manila, March 26 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) On March 25, local time, Philippine Presidential Spokesperson Harry Rock announced on his social media that the results of his latest reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test It is negative and the compulsory isolation has been lifted.
Due to frequent meetings with President Duterte, Locke has to test three times a week.
Before he tested positive for the new coronavirus on March 15, 35 tests were performed.
Locke said that he may have contracted the new crown virus after intensively visiting 7 hospitals within two weeks; he will reduce going out to avoid re-infection after he is released from quarantine.
Telecommunications service providers strictly isolate their business halls in accordance with health regulations. Employees wear masks and face masks to work and receive no more than 5 customers at a time.
Photo by Guan Xiangdong
Since March, the epidemic in the Philippines has skyrocketed. Patients with variant viruses have appeared in many places in the capital Metro Manila. More than a dozen communities have been locked down, and many Philippine government ministers have tested positive for the new crown.
According to data from the Philippine Ministry of Health at 4 pm on March 25, 8,773 newly diagnosed cases were newly diagnosed that day, with a total of 693,048 cases, of which nearly 100,000 cases were in the course of the disease, reaching 99891 cases.
A total of 13,095 people died and 5,800,62 people recovered.
In response to the surge in confirmed cases, the Philippine government has issued multiple orders since March 15 to tighten epidemic prevention measures again.
On March 24, local time, the second batch of 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine aided by China to the Philippines arrived at Manila International Airport.
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (second from left), Philippine Senator Christopher Wu (third from left), Minister of Health Duke (fourth from left), and Deputy Chief Coordinator of the National Anti-epidemic Working Group Dison (first from left) went to the airport to greet and meet Attend the vaccine handover ceremony.
Photo courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines
On March 15th, the Philippine capital Metro Manila region had another curfew; from March 20th to April 19th, foreign citizens and returned citizens who did not work overseas were not allowed to enter the country; on March 21st, President Duterte approved the new Philippines Resolution No. 104 of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Infectious Disease Management (IATF-EID), from March 22 to April 4 on the Philippines’ capital Metro Manila and its neighboring 4 provinces, Bulacan, Cavite, and Neihu And Rizal implemented Comprehensive Community Quarantine (GCQ) for two weeks and implemented a number of restrictive measures.
At the same time, the universal immunization vaccination program is being promoted throughout the Philippines with the help of the international community. At the end of last month, the first batch of 600,000 doses of vaccines aided by the Chinese government to the Philippines arrived in Manila. President Duterte led a number of cabinet members to personally greet them. The Philippines started the nationwide vaccination work on March 1. More than 200,000 people have been vaccinated in an orderly manner, among which medical staff are given priority and feedback is good. On March 24, the second batch of 400,000 doses of the new crown vaccine provided by China to the Philippines has arrived in the Philippines. The Philippine government expressed its gratitude, saying that it has greatly boosted the Philippines' confidence in fighting the epidemic and recovering the economy. (Finish)