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Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines (2020)
This article attempts to document the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines in 2020.
COVID-19 cases in the Philippines (
Deaths Recoveries Active cases
JanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec
JanJan
Last 15 daysLast 15 days
# of cases
# of deaths
2020-01-30 1(n.a.) 0(n.a.)
⋮ 1(=) 0(n.a.)
2020-02-02 2(+100%) 0(n.a.)
2020-02-05 3(+50%) 1(n.a.)
⋮ 3(=) 1(=)
2020-02-10 3(=) 1(=)
2020-03-05 5(+67%) 1(=)
2020-03-08 10(+67%) 1(=)
2020-03-09 24(+140%) 1(=)
2020-03-11 49(+48%) 2(+100%)
2020-03-12 52(+6.1%) 5(+150%)
64(+23%) 6(+20%)
111(+73%) 8(+33%)
140(+26%) 12(+50%)
142(+1.4%) 12(=)
202(+8%) 17(+21%)
230(+6%) 18(+5.9%)
307(+33%) 19(+5.6%)
1,075(+34%) 68(+26%)
1,418(+32%) 71(+4.4%)
1,546(+9%) 78(+9.9%)
2,633(+14%) 107(+11%)
3,094(+2.5%) 144(+5.9%)
3,660(+13%) 163(+7.2%)
4,076(+5.3%) 203(+12%)
4,648(+5%) 297(+20%)
6,259(+2.8%) 409(+3%)
6,981(+4%) 462(+3.6%)
9,223(+3.3%) 607(+0.66%)
10,004(+3.3%) 658(+3.3%)
11,086(+2.7%) 726(+0.97%)
12,091(+1.8%) 806(+2%)
14,319(+2%) 873(+0.58%)
21,895(+2.6%) 1,003(+0.91%)
22,474(+2.6%) 1,011(+0.8%)
34,073(+3%) 1,224(+0.99%)
38,805(+0.76%) 1,274(+0.31%)
56,259(+3.8%) 1,534(+12%)
63,001(+2.8%) 1,660(+1%)
83,673(+2%) 1,947(+0.1%)
103,185(+5%) 2,059(+0.98%)
106,330(+3%) 2,104(+2.2%)
112,593(+5.9%) 2,115(+0.52%)
126,885(+3.4%) 2,209(+1.9%)
143,749(+3%) 2,404(+4%)
173,774(+2.7%) 2,795(+4%)
226,440(+0.97%) 3,623(+0.72%)
228,403(+0.87%) 3,688(+1.8%)
291,789(+0.55%) 5,049(+1%)
505,939(+0.37%) 10,042(+0.64%)
509,887(+0.43%) 10,136(+0.2%)
523,516(+0.4%) 10,669(+0.65%)
531,699(+0.3%) 10,997(+0.5%)
559,288(+0.4%) 12,068(+2%)
771,497(+2%) 13,320(+0.13%)
1,006,428(+0.89%) 16,853(+0.42%)
1,046,653(+0.89%) 17,354(+0.7%)
1,054,983(+0.8%) 17,431(+0.44%)
1,073,555(+0.53%) 17,800(+1%)
1,537,097(+0.45%) 26,891(=)
1,824,051(+0.9%) 31,596(+1.3%)
1,935,700(+1%) 33,008(+0.51%)
2,836,868(=) 50,351(+0.02%)
Sources: Department of Health's Daily Case Bulletins and COVID-19 Tracker
The first case of the disease was confirmed in the Philippines, which is a 38-year old Chinese woman. [1]
The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine began conducting confirmatory tests for the disease. Before this date, confirmatory tests were conducted abroad. [2]
February 2 – The first death from the disease in the Philippines was confirmed. This death is the first confirmed death outside the Chinese mainland. [3]
The first confirmed case of a Filipino citizen outside the Philippines was announced. The case is of a crew member of the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined off the coast of Yokohama, Japan. [4]
The third case in the country was confirmed. [5]
February 9–22 – Repatriates from Wuhan were quarantined at the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac. None of them displayed any symptoms during the quarantine period and was released after they were cleared for the disease. [6]
March 6 – The fourth and fifth cases, an employee of Deloitte at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, and a resident of Cainta, Rizal respectively, were confirmed on March 6. Both are Filipino citizens, making them the first and second cases of Filipinos inside the Philippines. [7]
The sixth case was confirmed on March 7. The case is of the wife of the fifth case diagnosed on March 5. [8]
The Department of Health confirmed that the fifth case was the first local transmission in the country. Code Red Sub-Level 1 was also raised as a precautionary measure. [9]
Four new cases were confirmed on March 8:
The seventh case is a Taiwanese national who got infected by another Taiwanese national that recently visited the Philippines. His symptoms began appearing on March 3. [10]
The eighth case is a Filipino citizen that recently visited Japan in the past two weeks. His symptoms began appearing on March 5. [10]
The ninth case is an American national with pre-existing hypertension that recently traveled to the US and South Korea. His symptoms began appearing on March 1. [10]
The tenth case is a Filipino citizen with no travel history outside of the country. He had contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases but his exposure is still under investigation by the DOH. [10]
Ten new cases were initially confirmed on March 9, totaling 20 cases. [11]
On Monday evening, March 9, President Duterte has formally declared a state of public health emergency in the Philippines. [12] The president also suspended all classes, in public and private, in Metro Manila from March 10 to 14 and confirmed four more cases, totaling 24 cases. [13]
The first cases in Bulacan, a resident of San Jose del Monte, [14] and Cavite, a resident of Imus, [15] were also confirmed.
March 10 – Eleven new cases were initially confirmed on March 10. The DOH later corrected that two cases were repeat tests, totaling 33 cases. [16]
March 11 – Sixteen new cases were confirmed on March 11, totaling 49 cases. [17]
The Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong temporarily closed after one of its guests, a Singaporean permanent resident, was confirmed to have contracted COVID-19. [18] [19]
The first case in Negros Oriental and in the Visayas was confirmed. He was a local official of the municipality of Tayasan, and had a history of travel to Greenhills, San Juan, where a cluster of COVID-19 cases was confirmed. [20]
The first case in a resident of Lanao del Sur and in Mindanao was confirmed. He works in Metro Manila but came home to his province. He was first admitted in Iligan, but was then transferred to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro when he was suspected of having COVID-19. [21]
The first case in Batangas, a resident of Batangas City, was confirmed. [22]
Three new cases were confirmed on March 12, totaling 52 cases. [23]
Vice-President Robredo on March 12 addressed the public about COVID-19. The vice-president urged the government to adopt work from home, fast-track the process of test-kits, and protect the vulnerable from the pandemic. [24] [25]
President Duterte announces a partial lockdown on Metro Manila beginning at midnight on March 15 that will cover 16 cities and one municipality. Land, domestic air, and domestic sea travel to and from Metro Manila shall be suspended until April 14, 2020 (international departures will be permitted). Entry travel restrictions shall be imposed upon those traveling from countries with localized COVID-19 transmissions, except for Filipino citizens (including their foreign spouse and children) or holders of Permanent Resident Visas and Diplomat Visas. Mass transportation within Metro Manila shall continue to operate with social distancing guidelines. [26] [27] [28]
March 13 – Twelve new cases were confirmed on March 13, totaling 64 cases. [29]
The first cases in Bataan, a resident of Orani, and Pampanga were confirmed. [30] [31]
Forty-seven new cases were confirmed on March 14, totaling 111 cases. [32]
The province of Oriental Mindoro has been placed under a "voluntary community quarantine."
The first cases in the provinces of Quezon, a resident of Lucena City, Laguna, a resident of Santa Rosa, and Abra, an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from the town Manabo, were confirmed. [33] [34] [35]
The National Capital Region and the municipality of Cainta in Rizal have been placed under "community quarantine" or a partial lockdown that will last until April 14.
Twenty-nine new cases have been confirmed on March 15, totaling 140 cases. [36]
The PNP announced that an officer assigned to the CIDG showed symptoms of COVID-19 while having a diabetic condition. He died on March 14 with the test results released by March 17. [37]
The first case in the Davao Region was confirmed as the cities of Davao and Tagum declare a "partial lockdown" of their respective areas. [38]
Two new cases have been confirmed on March 16, totaling 142 cases. [39]
President Duterte announces the placement of the entire island of Luzon including its associated islands on "enhanced community quarantine," in effect imposing a lockdown on the island. [40]
The Department of Health confirmed that the occurrence of community-based transmission of the coronavirus in the Philippines. [41]
Forty-five new cases were confirmed on March 17, totaling 187 cases. [42]
A Diamond Princess repatriate who tested positive of the virus has completely recovered from the disease and was discharged within the same day. This brings a total of 4 recoveries among infected patients in the Philippines. [43]
On March 17, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Proclamation No. 929 that placed the entire Philippines under the state of calamity on account of COVID-19. [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]
Six new cases were confirmed on March 18, totaling 193 cases.
The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassed the 200-benchmark. Eleven new cases were later confirmed, totaling 202 cases. Three fatalities were confirmed totaling 17 deaths. [49]
Cebu confirmed its first case from a patient confined in a hospital in Mandaue. [50]
Police checkpoint near the border of Valenzuela, Metro Manila with Meycauayan, Bulacan. March 19
Fifteen new cases were confirmed on March 19, totaling 217 cases. [51]
DOH Secretary Francisco Duque was placed under home quarantine after one of the department's senior officials tested positive for the disease. [52]
DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. announced the temporary suspension of visa issuance to all foreign individuals and cancellation of existing ones. [53]
On March 20, President Duterte addressed the nation through the House of Representatives and gave additional orders to the people and the government to alleviate the spread of COVID-19. [54]
Thirteen additional cases of the disease were confirmed, totaling 230 cases. One fatality was also confirmed, totaling 18 deaths. [55]
Bacolod records its first case from a patient confined in an unspecified private hospital. [56]
Thirty-two new cases were initially confirmed on March 21, totaling 262 cases. One fatality and five recoveries were also confirmed totaling 19 deaths and 13 recoveries. [57]
Forty-five additional new cases were confirmed later, surpassing the 300-mark and totaling 307 cases. [58]
The first cases in Cagayan and Palawan were confirmed. [59] [60]
The first case in Iloilo was confirmed.
Seventy-three new cases were confirmed on March 22, totaling 380 cases. Six deaths and two recoveries were also confirmed totaling 25 deaths and 15 recoveries. [61]
According to DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire announced that DOH Secretary Francisco Duque tested negative for COVID-19, but decided to continue his home quarantine. [62]
Malacañang asked Congress, on March 22, to declare a national emergency and grant the president emergency powers on account of COVID-19. [63]
Panic buying in Baliuag, Bulacan, March 23, 2020
Senators during a special session to tackle the passage of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, March 23, 2020
Sixteen new cases were confirmed on March 23, totaling 396 cases. Eight deaths and three recoveries were also confirmed totaling 33 deaths and 18 recoveries. [64]
The Senate and the House of Representatives had a special session, on March 23, to deliberate President Duterte's request to realign funds for COVID-19 response. [65]
The first case in Baguio was confirmed. [66]
Sixty-six additional new cases were later confirmed on March 23, surpassing the 400-mark and totaling 462 cases. [67]
The House of Representatives approved HB 6616 or "Bayanihan Act" on March 23, with 284-9-0 votes. This will empower President Duterte to handle COVID-19. [68]
President Duterte signs Administrative Order No. 26, which grants a maximum of ₱500 daily hazard pay for government personnel who still report for work regardless of employment status during the month-long lockdown of Luzon to control the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). [69]
On March 24, with 12-0-0 votes (and 7-1-0 from non-attending senators), the Senate approved Senate Bill 1481 or "We Heal As One" that will grant President Duterte additional powers to handle COVID-19. [70]
Combining both versions of the Upper and the Lower Houses, the bill was named "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act". The bill was then sent to President Duterte for approval. [71]
Thirty-nine new cases were confirmed on March 24, surpassing the 500-mark and totaling 501 cases. They also confirmed the recovery of one patient, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 19. [72]
Fifty-one additional new cases were later confirmed on March 24, totaling 552 cases. They also confirmed two new deaths and two new recoveries of patients, bringing the death toll to 35 and recovered patients to 20. [73]
President Duterte had a short live address on March 24. The president commended the front-liners, the fallen doctors and the Congress and assured the public that the government will do its best to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 using the powers bestowed upon him. [74]
The first case of COVID-19 in Zamboanga was confirmed on March 24. [75]
On March 25, President Duterte signed the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act of 2020" into law, granting him 30 additional powers to handle COVID-19 and its projected aftermath. [76] [77]
Eighty-four new cases were confirmed on March 25, surpassing the 600-mark and totaling 636 cases. They also confirmed six new recoveries and three new deaths, bringing the death toll to 38 and recovered patients to 26. [72]
The first case of COVID-19 in Zambales was confirmed on March 26. [78]
Seventy-one new cases were confirmed on March 26, surpassing the 700-mark and totaling 707 cases. They also confirmed two new recoveries and seven new deaths, bringing the death toll to 45 and recovered patients to 28. [79]
The first case in Oriental Mindoro was confirmed. [80]
Ninety-six new cases were confirmed on March 27, surpassing the 800-mark and totaling 803 cases. They also confirmed three new recoveries and nine new deaths, bringing the death toll to 54 and recovered patients to 31. [81] [82]
The first case in Bicol was confirmed. [83]
The first case in Davao Oriental was confirmed. [84]
Two hundred seventy-two new cases on March 28 was confirmed, the number leaped both the 900 and 1000th mark, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the Philippines to 1,075. Fourteen new deaths and four new recoveries were also confirmed, bringing the death toll to 68 and recovered patients to 35. [85] [86] [87] [88]
Three hundred forty-three new cases on March 29 was confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,418. Three new deaths and seven new patients recovered, bringing the death toll to 71 and recovered patients to 42. [89]
The first cases in Zamboanga del Sur, Misamis Occidental, and Lanao del Norte were confirmed. [90] [91] [92]
One hundred twenty-eight new cases on March 30 was confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,546. Seven new deaths and no new recovered patients, bringing the death to 78 and recovered patients to 42.
President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that his administration is allotting ₱200 billion to help low-income households affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). [93] [94]
The first case in Samar, a resident of Calbayog, was confirmed. [95]
The first case in Ilocos Norte was confirmed. All provinces in the Ilocos Region now have confirmed cases of COVID-19. [96]
Five hundred thirty-eight new cases on March 30 was confirmed, the number leaped the 2000th mark, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the Philippines to 2,084. The death toll is at 88 and recovered patients at 49. [97]
Protesters demanding food aid were arrested by Quezon City police. [98]
President Duterte ordered soldiers to protect themselves from violent unruly protesters and quarantine violators. [99] [100]
April 2 – The Philippine ambassador to Lebanon, Bernardita Catalla, died of COVID-19 in Beirut at the age of 62. She was the first Filipino diplomat to succumb to the disease. [101]
April 3 – Three hundred eight-five new cases were confirmed, thereby surpassing the 3,000th mark, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the Philippines to 3,018. Also recorded were twenty-nine new deaths and one new recovery, bringing the death toll to 136 and recovered patients to 52. [102]
April 5 – President Duterte signs Administrative Order No. 28, which giving of a one-time special risk allowance to government health workers. [103] [104]
April 6 – It was announced that President Duterte was making consideration on extending the quarantine. [105]
Two hundred six new cases were confirmed on April 9, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 4,076. Twenty-one new deaths and twenty-eight new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 203 and recovered patients to 124. [106]
Education secretary Leonor Briones tested positive with COVID-19, became the 2nd cabinet member contacted with the disease. [107]
April 12 – The Philippine government now requires public disclosure of personal information of COVID-19 patients to further contain the spread of the virus. [108]
Two hundred ninety-one new cases were confirmed on April 14, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 5,223. Twenty new deaths and fifty-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 335 and recovered patients to 295. [109]
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Small Business Relief Program to help some 1.6 million small businesses and their 3.4 million employees affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and other areas of the country. [110] [111]
April 18 – Two hundred nine new cases were confirmed on April 18, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 6,087. Ten new deaths and twenty-nine new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 397 and recovered patients to 516. [112]
During a press conference that was held at 8 am, Duterte announced another extension for the enhanced community quarantine until May 15, 2020, but only for selected provinces that are considered as high-risk areas. Other provinces will be placed under general community quarantine effective May 1, 2020. [113]
Two hundred eleven new cases were confirmed on April 24, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 7,172. Fifteen new deaths and forty new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 477 and recovered patients to 762. [114]
April 29 – Two hundred fifty-four new cases were confirmed on April 29, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 8,212. Twenty-eight new deaths and forty-eight new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 558 and recovered patients to 1,023. [115]
The Supreme Court has allowed reduced bail and release on own recognizance as modes of release for indigent detainees during pandemic. [116] [117]
President Duterte issued Executive Order No. 112, s. 2020 – placing ECQ in NCR, Central Luzon (except Aurora), Calabarzon, Benguet, Pangasinan, Iloilo, Cebu, Bacolod City, and Davao City; and GCQ for the rest of the country May 1–15, 2020. [118]
May 1 – The enhanced community quarantine has been replaced with the general community quarantine in certain areas with lower risk of community transmission. Meanwhile, high-risk areas such as Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Central Luzon (except Aurora), and several other provinces are still under the enhanced community quarantine. [119] [120]
May 3 – Two hundred ninety-five new cases were confirmed on May 3, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 9,223. Four new deaths and ninety new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 607 and recovered patients to 1,214. [121]
The country breached the 10,000-mark in its tally COVID-19 cases with 320 fresh cases recorded, bringing the total to 10,004. [122]
Twenty-one new deaths and ninety-eight new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 658 and recovered patients to 1,506. [123]
President Duterte signed Executive Order No. 114, s. 2020, institutionalizing and creating a council for Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program as a framework for balanced regional development and as an aid to decongest cases in the NCR. [124]
May 14 – The government has lifts restrictions on Filipino departures for overseas employment. [125]
May 16 – The IATF-EID issued Resolution No. 37, overriding prior plans, placing Metro Manila, the cities of Angeles and Bacoor, and the provinces of Laguna, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Zambales under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), which is more lenient than an ECQ but stricter than a GCQ. Cebu City and Mandaue City were placed under ECQ while the rest of the country was placed under GCQ. [126]
May 26 – In a meeting of the Metro Manila Council, all mayors of Metro Manila cities have agreed that the National Capital Region will be placed from MECQ to GCQ effective June 1. The local government units may still place certain barangays or villages under lockdown if they see it fit to do so. They have submitted their recommendation to the IATF-EID and will wait for their final decision. [127] If the IATF-EID does agree, public transportation will still have to be limited. [128]
May 31 – The Enhanced community quarantine in Luzon ends, as most localities downgrade to either general community quarantine or modified general community quarantine.
President Duterte downgraded NCR to GCQ together with Davao City, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Pangasinan, and Albay from June 1–30, 2020. [129]
CAB ordered to cancel scheduled domestic flights including the sale of tickets as IATF-EID is yet to approve proposed flight routes. [130]
Cavite lifted liquor ban while reiterating that consumption will only be allowed inside individual homes as announced by Governor Jonvic Remulla. [131]
June 28 – WHO data reported that the Philippines has fastest COVID-19 cases rise in Western Pacific region. [132]
June 29 – Cebu City became the new epicenter of the COVID-19 in the country with 4,562 cases surpassing Quezon City with 3,161 and Manila with 2,290 cases [133]
June 30 – St. Paul's Hospital in Iloilo City went on locked down after six doctors tested positive for the disease [134]
July 1 – Ninety-two MRT Line 3 workers tested positive for COVID-19. [135]
July 3 – One hundred twenty-seven MRT Line 3 workers tested positive for COVID-19. [136]
Tawi-Tawi confirmed its first case from a 44-year-old police officer from Bongao. [137]
One hundred seventy-two MRT Line 3 workers tested positive for COVID-19, including 6 station personnel and 166 depot workers. [138]
Two thousand ninety-nine new cases were confirmed on July 6, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 46,333. One-thousand two hundred fifty-eight are "fresh cases" or were detected in the last three days. Eight hundred forty-one are "late cases" or were part of the validation backlog. Six new deaths and two hundred forty-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,303 and recovered patients to 12,185. [139]
At least one hundred and eighty-six MRT Line 3 workers tested positive for COVID-19, including 17 station personnel and 169 depot workers. [140]
July 7 – MRT Line 3 temporarily ceases operations due to a spike in COVID-19 cases among the train personnel for 5 days, until July 11. [140]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte tests positive for COVID-19. [141]
Philippines breached the 50,000-mark of COVID-19 cases recorded with thousand five hundred thirty-nine new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 50,359. One thousand nine hundred twenty-two are "fresh cases" in the last three days. Six hundred seventeen are "late cases" or were part of the validation backlog. Five new deaths and two hundred two new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,314 and recovered patients to 12,588. [142]
July 11 – One thousand three hundred eighty-seven new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 54,222. Nine hundred eighteen are "fresh cases" in the last three days. Four hundred sixty-nine are "late cases" or were part of the validation backlog. Twelve new deaths and eight hundred seven new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,372 and recovered patients to 14,037. [143] [144]
July 13 – MRT Line 3 resumes operations on limited capacity. [145] [146]
July 14 – Several Metro Manila hospitals reached full capacity, making the region classified under "danger zone" in terms of bed capacity. [147] [148] Four regions, namely Central Visayas, Calabarzon, Davao Region, and Central Luzon are classified under "warning zone". [148]
July 15 – Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar tests positive for COVID-19. [149]
Cebu City shifts to MECQ. Metro Manila remains under GCQ for another two weeks. Provinces and cities under GCQ include: Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Mandaue City, Lapu-Lapu City, Ormoc City, Southern Leyte, Zamboanga City, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Basilan, and Talisay, Minglanilla, and Concepcion in Cebu Province. The rest of the country shifts to MGCQ. [150] [151]
Navotas undergoes lockdown until July 29. [152] [153]
July 17 – Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte tests negative for COVID-19. [154]
July 20 – Actor and comedian Michael V. tests positive for COVID-19. [155]
One thousand nine hundred fifty-one new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 70,764. Two new deaths and two hundred nine new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,837 and recovered patients to 23,281. [156] [157]
President Duterte allows limited face-to-face classes in MGCQ areas as proposed by Education Secretary Leonor Briones which is to be implemented by January 2021. [158] [159]
The Philippine government aims to have 10 million Filipinos, or 10 percent of the total current population, tested by 2021. [160] [161]
July 23 – Free COVID-19 testing is launched at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, Cebu City. It is the first free testing outside of Metro Manila. [162] [163]
July 24 – Two thousand one hundred three new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 76,444. Six new deaths and fifteen new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,879 and recovered patients to 24,502. [164]
July 28 – One thousand six hundred seventy-eight new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 83,673. Four new deaths and one hundred seventy-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 1,947 and recovered patients to 26,617. [165] [166]
July 29 – Navotas lifts lockdown; 5,853 residents were arrested for violating health rules and city ordinances the day before. [167]
July 31 – Three thousand nine hundred fifty-four new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 89,374. Twenty-three new deaths and 38,075 new recoveries were recorded (due to enhanced data reconciliation efforts with local government units through Oplan Recovery), bringing the death toll to 1,083 and recovered patients to 65,064. [168]
August 1 – Cebu City downgrades to GCQ. Metro Manila still remains under GCQ. Provinces and cities under GCQ include: Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Talisay, Minglanilla, Consolacion, and Zamboanga City. The rest of the country are under MGCQ. [169]
The country breached 100,000-mark on the number of COVID-19 cases recorded with five thousand thirty-two new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases to 103,185. Twenty new deaths and three hundred one new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 2,059 and recovered patients to 65,557. [170]
Siquijor confirms first two cases of COVID-19, breaking its 6-month absence. The two cases traveled from Metro Manila through the country's Balik Probinsya program. [171] [172]
Front liners and medical groups advocated a "timeout" to President Duterte to revert Metro Manila back on ECQ as COVID-19 cases surges. [173] [174]
President Duterte later made a decision to revert Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal back on MECQ starting August 4 until August 18.
August 6 – The country has the most total COVID-19 cases, surpassing Indonesia in terms of cases in Southeast Asia. [175]
Three thousand one hundred nine new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 129,913. Sixty-one new deaths and six hundred fifty-four new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 2,270 and recovered patients to 67,673. [176]
Senator Bong Revilla tests positive for COVID-19. [177] [178]
Sagada, Mountain Province confirmed its first case from a 29-year-old front liner who has no travel history. [179] [180]
August 10 – Six thousand nine hundred fifty-eight nine new cases were confirmed, bringing the COVID-19 cases in the country to 136,638. Twenty-four new deaths and six hundred thirty-three new recoveries were recorded, bringing the death toll to 2,293 and recovered patients to 68,159. This is the highest number of cases ever recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic [181] [182]
August 18 – President Duterte approved IATF-EID recommendation to place NCR, Bulacan, CALABARZON, Nueva Ecija, Iloilo City, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Talisay City, Minglanilla and Consolacion under GCQ, while the rest of the country under MGCQ from August 19–31, 2020. [183]
August 26 – COVID-19 cases in the country breached 200,000 mark, with 202,361 total confirmed cases after reporting 5,277 additional cases. [184]
August 31 – President Duterte set NCR, Bulacan, Batangas, Tacloban City, and Bacolod City under GCQ and Iligan City under MECQ from September 1–30, 2020. [185]
September 26 – Cases in the country breached 300,000 mark, with 2,727 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total of 301,256 infected individuals. [186]
During a televised meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III announced to keep the whole Metro Manila under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) together with Batangas, Tacloban City, Bacolod City, Iligan City, and Iloilo City from October 1–31, 2020. Lanao del Sur including Marawi City set under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) and rest of the country under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) [187]
Batanes recorded its first COVID-19 case when an LSI who arrived in the province on September 22 tested positive. Batanes became the last province in the country to be reached by the disease. [188]
President Duterte approved the recommendation of the IATF-EID placing NCR, Batangas, Tacloban City, Bacolod City, Iligan City, Iloilo City on GCQ and Lanao del Sur (including Marawi City) on MECQ from October 1–31, 2020. [189]
October 5 – Department of Education officially opened school year 2020–2021 in over 47,000 public schools in the country through blended learning. For the first time in Philippine education system history, school opened in the homes of 22.44 million public school students. [190]
October 11 – Philippine Basketball Association games resumed after 7-months break at the PBA Bubble, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga amid the pandemic. [191]
October 16 – Indonesia surpassed the Philippines in the number of confirmed cases and related deaths due to COVID-19, highest in Southeast Asia. Indonesia reported 365,200 cases and 12,600 deaths, meanwhile the Philippines had over 359,100 infected patients and 6,600 death record. [192]
October 30 – Malacañang announced that Metro Manila, Batangas, Iloilo City, Bacolod City, Tacloban, Iligan City, and Lanao del Sur will be placed under GCQ for the month of November. Meanwhile, the rest of the country under MGCQ. [193]
November 3 – After 4 days of suspension, PBA games resumed, agreeing with recommendations by the IATF-EID. It was previously reported that a player and a game official tested positive with COVID-19. [194]
November 4 – President Duterte issued Executive Order No. 118, s. 2020, mandating DOH and DTI, to determine price ranges and to ensure accessibility and affordability of COVID-19 tests and test kits. [195]
November 11 – The country breached the 400,000 mark, with 1,672 new cases making the total of 401,416 confirmed cases. [196]
November 21 – Senate president Vicente Sotto III revealed senator Panfilo Lacson and Leyte congressman Martin Romualdez were the first high officials who had been inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine [197]
November 24 – Bloomberg Survey placed Philippines at 43th out of 53 countries in COVID-19 Resilience Ranking, dropped behind compare to Asian neighbors. [198] [199]
November 26 – The Senate approved P4.5-T 2021 national budget which includes increased funding for COVID-19 vaccines, continued contact tracing operations, RITM, and budgets of regional public hospitals including bed capacity and equipment and facilities upgrade. [200]
November 30 – President Duterte announced GCQ on NCR, Batangas, Iloilo City, Tacloban City, Lanao del Sur, Iligan, Davao City, and Davao del Norte from December 1–31, 2020. The rest of the country will be under MGCQ.
December 1 – President Duterte signed Executive Order No. 121, s. 2020, granting authority to FDA to issue emergency use authorization for COVID-19 drugs and vaccines. [201]
December 7 – Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez tested positive with COVID-19, became the 4th cabinet member contacted with virus after being exposed to a person with the disease. He is asymptomatic and his last known interaction with the President was on November 20, 2020 (19 days ago). [202]
December 8 – May Parsons, a Filipina nurse serving in the United Kingdom for 24 years, became the first in the world to administer a COVID-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials. [203]
A nurse and two other Filipinos in the UK were among the first who got inoculated against the disease using the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine. [204]
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel won the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup at the PBA Bubble, the only approved venue by the IATF-EID for professional basketball games in the country. Ginebra bagged the championship trophy in 5 games against the undermanned Tropang Giga, 13 years after they got their last All Filipino crown in 2007. [205]
President Rodrigo Duterte approved Deped's proposal to have face-to-face classes in identified areas with lower COVID-19 risk by January 2021, according to Malacañan's spokesperson, Sec. Harry Roque. [206]
BI and DOT supported the proposal of creating a global COVID-19 passport to allow international cross-border travel with stiffer health and safety measures. [207]
December 15 – IATF-EID placed Isabela (excluding the independent City of Santiago) in GCQ until December 31, 2020, upon the recommendation of Governor Rodolfo Albano III due to sudden spike of COVID-19 cases in the province. [208]
December 16 – Education secretary Leonor Briones recommended to conduct dry run for face-to-face classes in 1,114 schools nationwide within areas of low COVID-19 risk. [209]
World Bank approved $900-million loan for the country's COVID-19 recovery projects [210]
A businessman confirmed that unauthorized COVID-19 vaccination activities are happening in few undisclosed locations in the country without any government approval. [211]
DFA secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Senator Panfilo Lacson blasted on the failure of the Health department to secure necessary documentary requirements including the Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement (CDA) that put the country's acquisition of 10-M doses of Pfizer vaccine in limbo. This was confirmed by Locsin after a meeting with Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Health secretary Francisco Duque III and the country's vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. later denied all the allegations, saying that they hadn't dropped the ball and the negotiations for the vaccine was still ongoing. [212]
December 19 – After a conversation with US Secretary Mike Pompeo, DFA secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. confirmed that the US counterpart will try to recover the country's bid for Pfizer vaccine, even a fraction of 10-M agreed number of units. [213]
NCR's Regional Peace and Order Council issued Resolution No. 19-2020, banning the use of all firecrackers in whole Metro Manila during the holiday season amid the pandemic. [214]
Over 70 members of PNP-SAF were deployed in the City of Manila to implement health protocol amid the holiday season and with the pandemic. Mayor Isko Moreno clarified that the city won't implement a lockdown. [215]
Foreign Affairs secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed that the country is expected to receive 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax as confirmed by Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine producer. [216]
House Bill No. 8280 was filed by Ang Probinsyano Party-list Representative Ronnie Ong that aims to provide vaccine passports for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. [217]
December 23 – Malacañang suspended incoming flights from the UK from December 24–31, 2020, over the fear of the new and more infectious coronavirus variant, VOC-202012/01. Consequently, all inbound passengers who have been in the UK within 14 days prior to arrival in the country are also barred from entry; [218] and travelers from the UK before the said dates are required to undergo quarantine. [219] As of December 23, at least 40 countries have already issued travel restrictions to and from the UK [220]
December 26 – Malacañang revealed that Pfizer-BioNTech had applied for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its vaccine, to allow its availability in the country. [221] Meanwhile, President Duterte declared that the country will terminate VFA if US fails to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. [222] President Duterte also applauded country's medical experts on their efforts to battle against the disease including its newly reported strain. [223] Thus, Malacañang canceled its order that allows face-to-face classes in January 2021 over the threat of the new variant. [224]
President Duterte revealed that many already received the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine, including military men despite it has yet to get approval from FDA. [225]
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that travelers from countries with reported new SARS-CoV-2 variant from the UK will be required to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine upon arrival in the country as approved by the President. [226]
The Philippines logged 883 new cases, the lowest total number of daily cases in 5 months since July 14, 2020 when the country reported 634 cases. This increased the total number of cases to 469,886, with 22,099 still active cases, 9,109 deaths, 438,678 recoveries, and recovery rate at 93.36%. [227]
December 28 – President Duterte announced new quarantine classifications from January 1–31, 2038 – places under GCQ are Metro Manila, Isabela, Santiago City, Batangas, Iloilo, Tacloban City, Lanao del Sur, Iligan City, Davao City, and Davao del Norte, while the rest of the country under MGCQ. [228]
FDA approved Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Janssen vaccine for clinical trial application. [229]
The country expanded travel ban to 20 countries namely – Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom amid the threat of Variant of Concern 202012/01 [230]
PhilHealth announced that agency's premium rate is set increase in 2021 amid the pandemic to 3.50% of monthly basic salary from the present 3.00%. Individuals earning below P10,000 will have fixed rate of P350 per month while those earning P70,000 monthly or more is fixed at P2.450 per month. Based on the Republic Act No. 11223 or Universal health care (UHC) Law of 2018, the rate shall increase to increments of 0.5% annually, starting next year until will be peaked at 5% limit by 2025. [231]
At least 100 Filipinos and foreigners who arrived in the country on December 29, 2020, clamored on the unsuitable condition of the quarantine facility provided to them in one of hotels in Lemery, Batangas as they reached the said facility on December 30, 2020. [232]
December 31 – At the end of the year, the country recorded 1,541 new cases adding to the 474,064 total; and 296 new recoveries summing up to 439,796 total while increasing nation's recovery rate at 93%. The total number of deaths increased to 9,244 with 14 newly added fatalities count. The number of cases was lower than estimated data by OCTA Research Group. [233]
2020 in the Philippines
COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
Philippine government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III, commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is a Filipino politician and lawyer currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. He was the 28th Senate President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2018. He is also the current National Chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban). As the eldest son and third child of the former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr., he is the first child of a previous Senate president to hold the office. He was sworn in on August 12, 2011 and was proclaimed as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election. Pimentel was one of the first ranking public officials who drew flak for breaching COVID-19 quarantine protocols in the Philippines.
Francisco Tiongson Duque III is a Filipino physician and government official serving as Secretary of Health since 2017 in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, a position he had previously held from 2005 to 2009 in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. From 2010 to 2015, he served as the chair of the Civil Service Commission.
Protests against President Rodrigo Duterte began on November 18, 2016, following Duterte's support of the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. These series of protests are mostly conducted by progressive groups and other opposing figures mainly due to the ongoing war on drugs, the declaration of martial law in Mindanao, and employment issues such as contractual terms being applied by companies and inflation which occurred due to the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law. Other causes of the protests include the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, and the shutdown and franchise denial of ABS-CBN.
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020. The year is largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic that caused the national economy to go into recession.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in the Philippines was identified on January 30, 2020, and involved a 38-year-old Chinese woman who was confined at San Lazaro Hospital in Metro Manila. On February 1, a posthumous test result from a 44-year-old Chinese man turned out positive for the virus, making the Philippines the first country outside China to record a confirmed death from the disease.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Metro Manila on January 30, 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 in the Philippines was confirmed in Manila. Metro Manila is the worst affected region in the Philippines, where most cases are recorded in the country. A state of calamity and community quarantine have been in place in the region since March 15.
The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon is a series of stay-at-home orders and cordon sanitaire measures implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on the island of Luzon and its associated islands. It is part of the COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines, a larger scale of COVID-19 containment measures with varying degrees of strictness. The "enhanced community quarantine" (ECQ) is the strictest of these measures and is effectively a total lockdown.
COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines are series of stay-at-home orders and cordon sanitaire measures implemented by the government of the Philippines through its Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Davao Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached the Davao Region on March 15, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tagum. All provinces as well as Davao City has at least one confirmed COVID-19 case. Majority of the cases and deaths in the region are attributed to Davao City.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Calabarzon is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Calabarzon on March 7, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Rizal. All provinces in the region has confirmed cases. As of October 19, 2021, the region has 486,176 confirmed cases, with 5,048 deaths.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Central Luzon is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Central Luzon on March 9, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in San Jose del Monte. All provinces in the region have recorded COVID-19 cases. As of October 19, 2021, Central Luzon has 272,644 cases with 5,587 deaths.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Western Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Western Visayas on March 20, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Bacolod. All provinces have at least one confirmed COVID-19 case.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Central Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Central Visayas on February 5, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Bohol. As of October 19, 2021, there have been 149,915 cases in Central Visayas with 4,213 deaths.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached the Bicol Region on March 27, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Albay.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mimaropa is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Mimaropa on March 20, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Puerto Princesa.
Both the national government and local governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the spread of the virus.
Overseas Filipinos, including Filipino migrant workers outside the Philippines, have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 1, 2021, there have been 19,765 confirmed COVID-19 cases of Filipino citizens residing outside the Philippines with 12,037 recoveries and 1,194 deaths. The official count from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the cases of overseas Filipinos is not included in the national tally of the Philippine government. Repatriates on the other hand are included in the national tally of the Department of Health (DOH) but are listed separately from regional counts.
The COVID-19 vaccination program in the Philippines is an ongoing mass immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country.
Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines consists of disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic propagated by various sources.
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Small car crushed between truck, SUV on Route 30
Crash caused big traffic problems in Manchester Township, York County
Updated: 12:48 PM EST Jan 22, 2019
Shannon Murphy
WEBVTT IN THE CRASH. >> HE STARED IN DISBELIEF. HE CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE SEES OR THAT HE LIVED THROUGH IT. >> THAT WAS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER RIDE WITH MORE SMOKE AND NOISE. >> THIS IS OUT HIS MORNING COMMUTE CAME TO AN AIRBORNE AND. HIS SUV PUSHED UP ON THE CAB OF THE TRUCK WITH THEM OF THE CAR CRUSHED UNDERNEATH. >> I HOPE THE GUY ON THE BOTTOM IS OK. >> HE HAS A THREE DAY BREAK IN FRONT OF THEM. SOMETHING CRASHED INTO HIS CAR AND PUSHED HIM TOWARD GEORGE STREET. >> WHEN IT STOPPED, I JUMPED OUT. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THERE WAS A CAR UNDER ME. >> HE STRUGGLED TO OPEN THE DOOR OF THE CAR BELOW HIM. >> WE FINALLY GOT THE DOOR OPEN. HE WAS CONSCIOUS WHEN HE LEFT. >> THE TRUCK DRIVER TOLD THEM SHE CHOKED ON COFFEE, BLACKED OUT, AND DID NOT REMEMBER CAUSING THE CRASH. >> HE DID GO BACK FOR ONE THING, HIS LUNCH BAG. THIS WILL BE SOUVENIR AND ENOUGH FROM THIS CRAZY COMMUTE.
A multi-vehicle crash caused problems for the morning commute in York County on Tuesday.Here's what we know: - The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. on Route 30 in Manchester Township, just east of I-83.- A box truck rear-ended a small car, which went underneath an SUV in front of it (see picture below). WGAL's Matt Barcaro was at the scene and said the driver of the car trapped in the middle was able to get out, walk around and was talking to people.- There were backups in both directions.- Crews have cleared the crash scene.The driver of the SUV, Vern Fillmann, talked to WGAL's Matt Barcaro about the crash."I was like, 'Man, this has gotta stop sometime.' And then when I stopped, that's when I realized there was a car under me," he said. "It was like a rollercoaster ride with more smoke and noise. It was bad ... Route 30, my favorite highway. The highway to hell."Fillman said he jumped out of his SUV to help the person trapped under his vehicle."We finally got the door opened up and waiting for the paramedics to get here. He was conscious when he left," Fillman said.Fillman said the truck driver told him she choked on coffee while driving, blacked out and didn't remember causing the crash.Remember, you can always get real-time traffic updates with WGAL's interactive traffic map here.
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
A multi-vehicle crash caused problems for the morning commute in York County on Tuesday.
Here's what we know:
- The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. on Route 30 in Manchester Township, just east of I-83.
- A box truck rear-ended a small car, which went underneath an SUV in front of it (see picture below). WGAL's Matt Barcaro was at the scene and said the driver of the car trapped in the middle was able to get out, walk around and was talking to people.
- There were backups in both directions.
- Crews have cleared the crash scene.
The driver of the SUV, Vern Fillmann, talked to WGAL's Matt Barcaro about the crash.
"I was like, 'Man, this has gotta stop sometime.' And then when I stopped, that's when I realized there was a car under me," he said. "It was like a rollercoaster ride with more smoke and noise. It was bad ... Route 30, my favorite highway. The highway to hell."
Fillman said he jumped out of his SUV to help the person trapped under his vehicle.
"We finally got the door opened up and waiting for the paramedics to get here. He was conscious when he left," Fillman said.
Fillman said the truck driver told him she choked on coffee while driving, blacked out and didn't remember causing the crash.
Remember, you can always get real-time traffic updates with WGAL's interactive traffic map here.

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Support the Rapidemic team and help them develop a mobile testing kit
A team of students from Leiden won the iGEM international biology contest in 2020 with their Rapidemic mobile testing kit. The kit makes it easy to detect viruses. The team has now been nominated for the Most Innovative Student in the Netherlands prize. Cast your vote and help them develop their invention.
The Leiden team's mobile testing kit is the perfect solution for remote areas with no hospitals nearby. It's a portable box containing a full mini-lab that provides cheap and fast diagnosis of infectious diseases. The students in the team that came up with the idea are from the Faculties of Science and Medicine.
The ambitious students are now competing in the Most Innovative Student in the Netherlands competition, run by the Innovate platform in collaboration with Quest and Quote. More than 100 students have entered, and the public has until 4 July to vote. Go to Innovate's Rapidemic page and vote.
The three most popular initiatives will win a place in a final. The organisers will also choose seven initiatives based on their potential impact. The ten finalists will be announced around 12 July. The winner of this student innovation prize will win a trip to Silicon Valley, the chance to launch a startup and 5,000 euros for research and development.
The Leiden students have sparked a lot of interest with their invention. Alongside iGEM, the team recently won the Phillips Innovation Award, a prize of 10,000 euros to spend on research and development. They need much more money, however, if they are to turn their idea into a product, so they hope to stand a serious chance of winning the Innovate innovation prize. The students have also started crowdfunding at steunleiden.nl because they don't just want a working prototype but to produce the kit at a larger scale. Only then can it be used all around the world to detect viruses and save lives.
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Q: Proof of Gauss's Lemma (Riemannian Geometry version) I was self-learning Do Carmo's Riemannian Geometry, there is a step in the proof of Gauss's Lemma what I can't quite figure out.

Since $d\,\exp_p$ is linear and, by the definition of $\exp_p$,
  $$
\langle (d\,\exp_p)_v(v),(d\,\exp_p)_v(w_T)\rangle=\langle v,w_T\rangle.
$$

So I went on wikipedia hoping to find something that can help me figure this out.
I did find something. HERE. It says that $(d\,\exp_p)_v(v)=v$. In order to do that, it constructs that curve $\alpha(t)$ with $\alpha(0)=v$, $\alpha'(0)=v$. And it gives $\alpha(t)=(t+1)v$. I agree with all these. Then it argues that you can view $\alpha (t)=vt$ since it's just a shift of parametrization. Okay. I am okay with that. But in this case, should $(d\,\exp_p)_v(v)={d\over dt}(\exp_po \alpha(t))|_{t=1}$, instead of evaluating the derivative at $t=0$ as argued in wiki?
Also, I found myself really uncomfortable with all the abuse of notations in Differential Geometry. Like here, the identification of the $T_p M$ and $T_v(T_p M)$ freaks me out. Does this mean that when a local coordinate system is picked, $T_p M$ under the natural basis will be the same as $R^n$, and so does $T_v (T_p M)$?

A: The equation you are citing in combination with the reasoning you are citing, too, is used in do Carmo only for $w_T$ parallel to $v$. Otherwise the equation would be still correct (that is the content of the Gauss lemma) but requires a different justification (as presented later on in Do Carmo).
If $w_T$ is parallel to $v$ then $\exp_p(tw)$ is just a parametrization of the geodesic through $p$ in direction $v$ with constant speed $|w|$ (this is where the definition of $\exp$ is used) and the derivative in your formula can be computed as the derivative of this geodesic w.r.t to $t$, so it is simply the tangent vector to that geodesic of length $|w|$ in the point under examination.
'Abuse' of notation in the way you describe it is quite common in Differential Geometry whenever possible, cause otherwise equations are often quite clumsy. A (slightly) more formal notation can be found, e.g., in Klingenbergs Riemannian Geometry.

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Despite glowing doctor letters, health questions swirl around Trump and Clinton
By Dylan Scott
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's doctor certified that she "is in excellent physical condition." Donald Trump's physician declared he would be the healthiest president — ever.
Testaments like these have become a ritual of American politics. But in the absence of detailed medical records, nobody seems to take them seriously.
The result has been a political vacuum in this year's presidential campaign, one filled by speculation over what the nominees, two of the oldest in US history, might be hiding.
"Anyone who gets to be a nominee of either party has enough power, prestige, and persuasive ability to find a physician who will interpret results in their favor," said Dr. David Blumenthal, president of the left-leaning Commonwealth Fund and author of a book on presidential health.
Fox host Sean Hannity has aired a series of segments casting doubt on Clinton's health. On the other side, Democrats are questioning Trump's mental health, with one congresswoman recently suggesting he should undergo a "mental fitness test."
Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News contributor and New York University professor of medicine, is one of the people that Hannity has brought on his show. In an interview, he said that his push for disclosure isn't politically motivated — "This isn't some way that I'm trying to support Donald Trump, no way" — and that he wants to see the medical records of both nominees.
Both Trump's and Clinton's doctors released brief assessments of their health. Clinton's two-page review included references to her ongoing issues with her thyroid and her 2012 concussion, the source of many of the theories about her well-being. Trump's one-page letter mentioned that he took a daily dose of aspirin and had an appendectomy at age 10, while adding a Trumpian flourish: "His physical strength and stamina are extraordinary."
A voters guide to the health of the presidential candidates
The letters, particularly Clinton's, include roughly the same degree of detail as those released by Barack Obama in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012. But some candidates have gone much further. In 2008, for example, Republican nominee John McCain released thousands of pages of medical records, in part to settle questions about the senator's past bout with melanoma.
Siegel, who reviewed McCain's records at the time, said he came to believe that that level of disclosure is important.
"I said at the time that the bar has been raised," he said. "Now a precedent has been set for looking at the entire medical record of someone who's around 70 and has a significant medical history."
Clinton and Trump are both wrong about Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices
Siegel emphasized that his belief, based on the available evidence, is that Clinton is fit to be president. But without full disclosure, he said, rumors can run wild.
"You know what you end up doing if you don't have that? You end up doing what's going on now," he said.
McCain followed another war veteran, Republican Bob Dole in 1996, in his transparency about his medical history. But recent candidates have largely stuck to a summary from their doctor.
The disclosure debate is a real one among academics. One side argues, like Siegel, that voters should be given as much information as possible. Some would even propose establishing an independent board to evaluate the candidates. The stakes are too high, from this point of view: Presidents are regularly asked to make life-and-death decisions.
The other side counters that nominees should get to decide how much private medical information they want to disclose. Voters should be trusted to make a judgment about what is disclosed and whether they're bothered by what isn't. You could also encourage candidates to hide health problems if they believe they will harm their political careers.
Not to mention, running for president is a serious health test all on its own.
"The presidential campaign is rigorous enough and public enough, if there's anything seriously wrong with them, you'll find out about it," said George Annas, who is the director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights at Boston University. "If there's anything wrong, it'll happen again and it'll be on film."
Then there is the question of whether voters would actually change their vote based on a candidate's health.
Some experts who have tracked presidential medical issues aren't so sure.
"A lot of people would rather have their man sick than the other person well," said Robert Robins, professor emeritus of political science at Tulane University. "I suspect if they reveal everything there is to reveal … it'll not be consequential to almost any person."
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I wonder how Fox News, known world wide as the "Fair and Balanced" Network, is reporting on Trump's glowing letter from his gastro specialist? Are they as enthused as the Doctor seems to be, using Trump like words to explain his health.
Charky says:
Please don't treat Trump's letter as legit. It's ridiculous.
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Kent State University unveils $1 billion master plan that includes new entry, College of Business
Kent State University President Beverly Warren explains the 10-year master plan, which includes a signature gateway. (Karen Farkas, cleveland.com)
By Karen Farkas, cleveland.com
KENT, Ohio - Kent State University has unveiled a $1 billion, 10-year master plan for the 866-acre main campus, including creating a gateway on Main Street, building a new College of Business Administration and adding green space.
"This is a bold transformative plan," President Beverly Warren told the board of trustees on Wednesday. "This is grounded in a student-first philosophy."
Trustees are expected to approve the plan later in the day.
The plan calls for creating an intergenerational village and a Greek village as well as renovating the Student Center and building additions for the School of Music and the Fashion School.
See the proposed plan below or click here if on a mobile device.
The university currently has no plans to issue bonds to finance the projects, including the first phase, which is expected to cost $220.8 million and be completed in 2020.
About $30 million is expected to be provided from the state capital budget. The university plans to fund another $63.4 million from investment earnings realized last year from the strong market, Warren said.
The remaining $127.4 million is to be funded from public/private partnerships with developers and through a capital campaign.
The $72.3 million business administration building is expected to get underway this year, officials said. The building will be owned by a developer and leased by the university, but the funding plan had to include a philanthropic component, Warren said.
Four developers have responded to requests for proposals and will present their designs and financing plans in mid-April. The funding models could including naming rights or donating the building to Kent State, officials said.
Here are other project proposals:
Three parking garages, which will replace surface lots, many which will become green space. The garages will be owned by the developer and leased to the university.
The former Art Building will be transformed into a Design and Innovation Center, including a lecture hall, classrooms, studios and dining.
An addition to Rockwell Hall, which will include a lecture hall, a fashion runway, classrooms and sewing studios.
The esplanade connecting the campus to the city of Kent will be expanded.
One of two entrances to the university from Main Street will be removed to create a signature gateway.
A three-story addition to the Aeronatucs and Technology Building that will include a lecture hall and labs.
Creation of new academic and retail space through a public/private partnership on university-owned land at Lincoln and Main streets.
Renovations of numerous academic buildings.
"This is a combination of foresight and flexibility," said trustee Shawn Riley, who was involved in the 18-month process. "This plan aligns with the university strategy of students first, regional impact and excellence in stewardship."


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Der Jüdische Friedhof in Trstín, einer slowakischen Gemeinde im Bezirk Trnava, wurde vermutlich im 19. Jahrhundert errichtet.

Der jüdische Friedhof liegt nördlich des Ortes an der Landstraße. Der Friedhof ist von einer Mauer umgeben.

Literatur
 Eugen Barkany: Die jüdischen Friedhöfe in der Slowakei. 1966 (nicht ausgewertet)

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