Over 1,000 overseas Filipino workers who returned home from various countries have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 , according to the Department of Health.

An angry President Duterte has ordered the release within three days or by Tuesday of the insurance and medical benefits of frontline health workers – P1 million for each of those who died of coronavirus disease 2019 and P100,000 for those who got infected.

Jeepney drivers will be provided with the third tranche of cash assistance this month to help them and their families cope with the crisis caused by the coronavirus disease 2019, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said.

The six jeepney drivers who were arrested for holding a protest action along EDSA in Caloocan on Tuesday are at risk of contracting the coronavirus disease 2019 in detention, their lawyer said yesterday.

Two barangays in Leyte and five in Pangasinan have been placed on lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.