A mobile app called “OneCountry 100” has been launched to monitor and enforce the “strict quarantine” of PUIs (persons under investigation) and PUMs (persons under monitoring).
NPC chair Raymund Liboro said there have been incidents in which self-styled “social vigilantes” doused chemicals on health workers, expelled them from boarding houses, or refused them lodging and even barred them from taking tricycles on their way to work or home.
The website features a highly detailed map where users can zoom in or zoom out to see street or satellite views of the general locations and numbers of Covid-19 cases, hospitals, quarantine checkpoints, and other usable data.
On-demand services app MyKuya, which has seen a 300% rise in requests since the announcement of the lockdown in Metro Manila, said businesses with motorcycles can join the platform as an enterprise partner.
The fintech firm behind the digital credit app BillEase and Lazada have announced an interest-free installment on all essential goods to provide payment relief on a variety of products needed by consumers affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
A global emphasis on working from home combined with advice to minimize Covid-19 transmission from shared surfaces even within a home, will help cement the benefits of smart home voice control for millions of consumers.
Ford Philippines is deploying its Ford Transit vans to help transport medical and healthcare frontliners amid the enhanced community quarantine that saw the suspension of public transportation in Luzon.
Researchers from security firm Kaspersky said cybercriminals are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic by actively using the topic in spreading malware such as backdoors and spyware in the past few weeks.
