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The Luzon ECQ is described under a March 16 memorandum from Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea by the order of the President as compliance to Proclamation No. 929 (state of calamity of the whole Philippines due to COVID-19), Proclamation No. 922 (public health emergency) and Republic Act No. 11332 (reporting of communicable diseases law). [25]
On May 12, 2020, it was originally announced that community quarantine measures will be lifted in 41 provinces and 11 cities across the country due to their being low risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), [51] but were eventually upgraded to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) after receiving petitions from LGUs starting May 16.
Initially, suspected COVID-19 cases in Central Luzon are tested at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and Lung Center of the Philippines in Metro Manila. The Jose B. Lingad Regional Memorial Hospital in Pampanga was the first facility being prepared as a possible COVID-19 testing center for the region. [18]
This was organized despite warnings from the World Health Organization on the lack of evidence to support ivermectin's efficacy against COVID-19. [26] The event organizers were allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to distribute ivermectin provided that official prescriptions would be given by doctors.
The IATF-EID convened in January 2020 to address the growing viral outbreak in Wuhan, China. [5] They made a resolution to manage the spreading of the new virus, [5] which was known at the time as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and eventually renamed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19. [6]
By March 31, the Southern Philippines Medical Center has been certified by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to independently conduct COVID-19 confirmatory tests. [4] The SPMC has also been identified as COVID-19 dedicated health facility to help relieve private hospitals in the region so that they could still cater to ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . [4] As of February 24, 2025, there have been 4,173,631 [ 1 ] reported cases, and 66,864 [ 1 ] reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia , behind Vietnam , Indonesia ...
The Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center is the designated facility for confirmatory COVID-19 testing for suspected cases in the Cordillera Administrative Region and other parts of northern Luzon. As of April 17, the hospital has the daily testing capacity of 270 to 300 with only one Polymerase Chain Reaction machine. [14]