DOH Taps Google, Senti AI To Centralize COVID-19 Communications

DOH

DOH partnered with Google and Senti AI to have a centralized COVID-19-related communications system. The Department of Health (DOH) partnered with Google and Senti AI in order to have a centralized COVID-19-related communications system. As part of the country’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 or coronavirus disease, the said system was aimed to improve the distribution … Read more

President Duterte To Announce His Decision On April 24

President Duterte To Announce His Decision On April 24

President Rodrigo Duterte will announce his decision on the morning of April 24, 2020, according to the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson. Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque President Rodrigo Duterte will announce his decision on the morning of April 24, 2020. This, as Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte will decide … Read more

Roque, Vergeire ‘Only Allowed’ To Speak For Government, Says Medialdea

Roque and Vergeire

SPOX Roque and DOH Usec Vergeire were only allowed to speak for the government regarding COVID-19 matters, according to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Thursday said that the presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and the undersecretary of the Department of Health Maria Rosario Vergeire were only allowed to speak for the government … Read more

PH’s $100M Loan For Emergency Response Approved by World Bank

$100M loan ph from world bank

$100M loan of the Philippines is now approved The Philippines has applied for $100M loan from the World Bank for emergency response amid the COVID-19 crisis and it was approved. In these times of health crisis, the country is having urgent healthcare needs and in order to address this problem, the fund is needed. With … Read more

LPP Recommends Lifting ECQ In LGUs With Zero COVID-19 Cases

LPP

The LPP suggested the revocation of ECQ in LGUs without confirmed cases of COVID-19. The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) suggested the revocation of enhanced community quarantine in local government units without confirmed cases of coronavirus disease. This, as Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr., the president of the League of Provinces of the … Read more

Japan Reports New COVID-19 Cases From Italian Cruise Ship

Italian Cruise Ship

Japan reported new fourteen cases confirmed from an Italian cruise ship docked in Nagasaki. Japan on Thursday reported that another fourteen (14) cases confirmed from an Italian cruise ship docked in Nagasaki. This, as NHK reported that the additional COVID-19 cases inside the Costa Atlantica cruise ship brought the total number of infected patients to … Read more

China ‘Not Interest’ On Google’s Contact Tracing Tech, Says Report

China

China “Not Interest” On Google’s COVID-19 Contact Tracing Technology, According To A Report China was “not interested” on Google’s COVID-19 contact tracing technology because it has its own phone tracking system in the country, according to a report. This, after Google, together with Apple, officially announced that these companies were about to launch their COVID-19 … Read more

Facebook, CMU Updates COVID-19 Symptom Checker, Posts First Data

COVID-19 Symptom Checker

Facebook and CMU recently posted its first data from COVID-19 Symptom Checker. Facebook, in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, recently published its first data from COVID-19 Symptom Checker. This, after Facebook officially announced its “Data for Good” tools last April 7 in order to support health researchers as well as non-profit organizations. One of these … Read more

Brian Shen Of OPPO To Resign From His Post Due To This

Brian Shen

OPPO President of Global Marketing and the Chief Marketing Officer in China Brian Shen decided to resign from his post due to this. OPPO officially announced that Brian Shen decided to resign from his position as the President of Global Marketing and the Chief Marketing Officer in China. This, as OPPO, in its press release, … Read more

Instagram Founders Officially Launch Rt COVID-19 Spread Tracking Site

Instagram Founders

Instagram Founders Officially Launched Rt COVID-19 Spread Tracking Site Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram founders, officially launched their first project, the Rt COVID-19 spread tracking website. The said website came after Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger left Facebook in order to work on something “new”. With Rt COVID-19 website, this was a “key measure” … Read more