The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir, in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 after the drugs failed to reduce mortality.

The Department of Health yesterday reported 2,434 new coronavirus disease 2019 cases – the highest in a single day, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 44,254.

The increase in xenophobic language directed toward migrants, including overseas Filipino workers , has prompted a group of jurists, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office of the Resident Coordinator to launch a media campaign countering xenophobic rhetoric falsely blaming the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 on migrant workers.

Forty-five more personnel of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, bringing to 172 the number of MRT-3 workers infected with COVID-19, the Department of Transportation announced yesterday.

Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has placed Barangay 23-C on lockdown due to rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 infections.