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.

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.

The emergency room for coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 cases of a hospital in Antipolo City, Rizal has been shut down after 19 medical and non-medical personnel were exposed to an infected patient.

The country’s production of motor vehicles and motorcycles registered a double-digit decline in the January to May period from a year ago as assembly operations were affected by the community quarantine in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.