Coronavirus infection in the country has reached over 36,000 cases as the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday 29 June , 2020 , 985 new cases. Metro Manila registered 319 of the new cases. Meanwhile, 135 came from Central Visayas, while the other 531 came from other regions nationwide.
Hundreds of commuters line up at the MRT-3 Station at North Avenue in Quezon City on June 22, 2020, after the government allows the resumption of modern jeepneys and additional buses.
According to Fr. Douglas Badong of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, they had a guest priest who was positive for COVID-19 as when he returned to Mindanao was found to be positive for Covid-19.
The total number of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu City is nearing the 5,000-mark.
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Puyat said that the department is eyeing to allow tourists from countries with low to zero coronavirus cases to visit the Philippines. This proposed policy called “travel bubbles,” Puyat said, could allow tourists to fly directly to tourist hotspots in the country with international airports.
Twenty-six countries have so far lifted their border restrictions on Filipinos arriving from the Philippines, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The DFA on Sunday said Filipinos leaving for essential travel would be allowed to enter 26 countries, including the United States of America, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and New Zealand.
Provinces in the Ilocos and Cordillera regions are planning to restart their tourism industries by offering limited bus tours for local residents there, Sen. Imee Marcos said Monday. Under the program, which is an ongoing “experiment,” tourists will book online tickets to board buses with several pitstops like beaches and restaurants, Marcos told reporters in an online press conference.
To match the demand for mass transit, the government has increased the public transportation capacity by allowing UV Express units to operate in Metro Manila beginning today, June 29. The government said 980 UV Express units would ply Metro Manila roads, servicing 47 routes.
14 Filipinos missing after fishing boat collides with Chinese ship off Mindoro
The upturned hull of the Philippine fishing boat Liberty 5 spotted on Sunday, June 28, after it collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship. Photo from the Philippine Coast Guard