The Centre for Sustainability (CS) in the Philippines, a group comprised of young Palaweñas, is encouraging Filipinos to join the HalfCut Movement by styling half of their hair by dyeing, shaving, or braiding. Men are welcome to style half of their beards creatively as well.
While President Rodrigo Duterte announced Friday the easing of ECQ in provinces like Palawan which have only a small number of COVID-19 cases, the DOH pointed out that there has yet to be mass testing in the province crucial to fighting the virus.
According to the tracking reports of the Department of Health, there has so far been only one confirmed case of coronavirus infection since the ECQ began on March 17 - a case that involved a visiting Australian national who has since left the province and has reportedly already recovered.
Ken Radam Ebno from the information and communications section of the municipality, said since March 25, they have distributed groceries to 10 barangays from the donation of Meriam Eugenio and fish supplies from husband and wife Nelson and Mila Padul.
Among these recent developments was the news that came out Friday confirming that the particular Australian national, who had left the country before he was found out to be positive for the virus, had already fully recovered.
The Department of Health (DOH) Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU), in an advisory issued Friday (as of 3 p.m., March 27), said that the COVID-patient, a 26-year-old Australian who flew out of the province on March 17 has recovered as verified by the Australian authorities.
Current statistics show a steady rise in the number of "persons under investigation" (PUI) and "persons under monitoring" (PUM), with the number expected to increase as contact tracing on the case of the Australian tourist is completed.
Fely Salvador, vice-president for commercial of Airport Services and Aerodomes, in a phone interview with Palawan News, reacted to city government and health officials' pronouncements claiming that there was special coordination with the airline on the boarding of the passenger.
