Through the hotline service, UP-PGH aims to manage the influx of patients by allowing them to call and consult with professionals regarding the symptoms they are experiencing, without having to check in at the hospital.
The circular also provides work-from-home (WFH) arrangements, urging BPO companies to transfer the necessary equipment to facilitate WFH arrangements within the lockdown period.
The UP projects are primarily designed to alleviate the shortage in supplies of equipment particularly for frontliners including doctors, nurses, and other medical health workers.
The SEC has ordered Singapore-headquartered Payasian Corporation to stop enticing the public to invest supposedly in a cryptocurrency called Paya without the necessary license.
In a statement on Monday, March 30, DOST secretary Fortunato dela Pena said the field validation for the Covid-19 testing kits is ongoing and is expected to be finished by Wednesday, April 1.
