Gilead Sciences Exporting Remdesivir, To Donate 1.5 Million Vials — CEO

Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences had been exporting Remdesivir and was making the antiviral drug available to patients in the US through its government, according to its chief executive. The chief executive of Gilead Sciences on Sunday said that the company had been exporting Remdesivir and was making the antiviral drug available to patients in the United States … Read more

Lockdown To Be Lifted ‘Gradually’, Says UK

Lockdown

Lockdown To Be Lifted ‘Gradually’, According To The British Government. The lifting of COVID-19 lockdown measures in the United Kingdom was likely to be “gradual”, according to the British government. This, as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal the British government’s plans following the announcement that the country had passed the peak of the … Read more

BIR Extends Deadline For Filing Taxes To June 14

Deadline For Filing

BIR extended the deadline for filing taxpayers’ income tax returns to June 14. The Bureau of Internal Revenue extended the deadline for filing taxpayers’ income tax returns as the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some areas in the Philippines continued until May 15, 2020. Under Revenue Regulations 11-2020 of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, taxpayers … Read more

Apple, Google Contact Tracing App ‘A Preferred Choice’ — CDC

Contact Tracing

The CDC suggested that a decentralized system such as COVID-19 contact tracing app of Apple and Google was “preferred”. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a document indicating the minimum and preferred criteria for digital contact tracing apps. As reported by CNBC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that a … Read more

First Day Of GCQ Enforcement In PH ‘Generally Smooth’, Says PNP

First Day Of GCQ Enforcement In PH 'Generally Smooth', Says PNP

The enforcement of PNP on the first day of GCQ in some parts of the Philippines was “generally smooth”, according to the Deputy Chief for Operations of the Philippine National Police. Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar on Saturday said that the enforcement of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on the first day of the general … Read more

Over 500 Residents In Navotas City Waive Cash Aid Under SAP

Over 500 Residents

Over 500 Residents In Navotas City Returned Cash Aid Under SAP Over 500 residents in Navotas City waived a total of PHP 4.6 million worth of emergency subsidy under the DSWD’s Social Amelioration Program. This, as the City Social Welfare and Development Office reported that 551 residents in Navotas City returned their social amelioration cards … Read more

NGCP Gives Medical Supplies To 300 Hospital To Help Combat COVID-19

NGCP

NGCP Gave Medical Supplies To 300 Hospital To Help Combat COVID-19 NGCP — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said that it gave medical supplies to 300 hospitals in the Philippines in order to support the government’s efforts to combat COVID-19 or coronavirus disease 2019. This, as Cynthia Alabanza, the spokesperson of the National … Read more

US FDA Approves Remdesivir, Issues Emergency-use Authorization

US FDA

The US FDA approved the emergency use of Remdesivir in treating patients with severe COVID-19. US FDA — The Food and Drug Administration in the United States approved the emergency use of Remdesivir in treating patients with severe COVID-19. This, as US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn said that the experimental drug, Remdesivir, … Read more

Pope Francis Promotes Cardinal Tagle To Cardinal-Bishop Rank

Cardinal Tagle to Cardinal-Bishop

Pope Francis Promoted Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle To Cardinal-Bishop rank. Pope Francis on Friday promoted Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to the highest title of a Cardinal in the Catholic Church, the Cardinal-Bishop. This, as the Vatican press on Friday officially announced the said promotion, adding that the Pope also promoted Italian Cardinal Benjamin Stella to … Read more