Tuesday, August 18, 2020

COVID-19 SITUATION: 8/18/2020



The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:

  • Stricter health protocols to be enforced as Metro Manila reverts to GCQ
  • Duterte may seek credit line from Russia, China for purchase of COVID-19 vaccines
  • DOH says it is not restricting laboratories from releasing COVID-19 results
  • Project ARK all set to conduct pilot pooled RT-PCR tests for market vendors, public transport drivers
  • US university switches to remote after virus cases spike
  • FDA grants emergency use authorization to Yale School for SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test
  • China confirms its 1st COVID-19 vaccine patent
  • Mexican president says will get Russian vaccine if effective
  • Post-blast Lebanon says hospitals nearly at COVID-19 capacity

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