2019 novel coronavirus: A timeline
Here’s a timeline of events since the discovery and outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (now coronavirus disease or Covid 2019):
Duterte bans travelers from China’s Hubei province
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday banned the entry of Chinese travelers from China’s Hubei province, the source of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), and other Chinese regions affected by the outbreak, after the Department of Health confirmed the Philippines’s first case of infection.
Duterte gov’t, DOH spent less on Filipinos’ health in 2018
In total, the country’s total health expenditures went up 8.3 percent year-on-year to P799.1 billion, latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
Health officials chart priorities for 37 Western Pacific countries
Top health officials from various countries in the Western Pacific region gather this week at the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific regional office for the 70th session of its Regional Committee.
ANALYSIS: Shutting down PCSO means cutting funding for universal healthcare
The government is ill-prepared to implement an ambitious universal healthcare law. President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to suspend legal and state-sanctioned gambling operations just made it worse.