More than 300 small private hospitals are in danger of closing down due to the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic and the failure of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. to release insurance claims, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. revealed.

The national government has released P353.86 billion so far to state agencies for the implementation of measures in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the Department of Budget and Management said yesterday.

Presidential adviser for entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion yesterday lauded Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte for the local government’s strategy in mitigating the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.

Seventeen members of the Philippine National Police have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, bringing to 298 the number of PNP personnel infected with COVID-19.

Baybay City and Tanauan town in this province have recorded their first coronavirus disease 2019 cases from beneficiaries of the government’s Balik Probinsiya program.