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No. 94 into law, calling for the creation of the Department of Health. Dr. Antonio C. Villarama as appointed Secretary. A new Bureau of Hospitals and a Bureau of Quarantine was created under DOH. Under E.O. 94, the Institute of Nutrition was created in 1948 to coordinate various nutrition activities of the different agencies.
The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon covers the island of Luzon and its outlying islands, or eight out of seventeen regions of the Philippines. An indefinite enhanced community quarantine, was imposed in Caraga, alternatively known as One Shield Caraga, started on April 7, [39] and in the Davao Region [40] which took effect on April 4. [40]
Regional quarantines [a]; Region [b] Island group Start date [c] Est. pop. [d] Metro Manila Luzon: March 17, 2020 13,600,000 Cordillera 1,800,000 Ilocos Region 5,200,000
Mega Ligtas COVID Centers, [1] also known as Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities (TTMFs), [2] are temporary non-hospital health facilities or emergency patient care centers established and managed by the Philippine government to accommodate COVID-19 patients at a provincial or regional level as part of its efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
The Department of Health has on March 20, 2020, has announced that it has designated three health facilities as COVID-19 referral hospitals namely the UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) in Manila, the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium in Caloocan and the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City. The UP-PGH has ...
After a month, on March 5, the Department of Health (DOH) announced that the first Filipino in the Philippines confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 who is also the fourth case while the fifth case is the first case of local transmission since the infected person did not travel outside the Philippines.
Government website ro2 .doh .gov .ph The COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ).
Calabarzon was under the scope of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon imposed by the national government from March 16, 2020. [13] On May 16, Calabarzon (except Laguna) was downgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ). [14] On August 1, Lipa was placed under a 15-day lockdown and the province of Batangas was placed under GCQ. [15]