24 Oras Express: August 12, 2021 [HD]

Here are the biggest news items on 24 Oras this Thursday, August 12, 2021

- Total number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breaches 1.7M mark
- Call for Sec. Duque’s resignation as health secretary rose anew after COA flagged DOH for its alleged misspending of COVID-19 funds
- President Duterte approves additional funds for areas under ECQ
- Sinovac aims to conduct clinical trials in the Philippine to test if their vaccines are effective to children above 3 years old
- No price hike to take place for necessities in Metro Manila and other areas under ECQ
- Hospital beds placed in parking lots in order for hospitals to accommodate all COVID-19 patients
- OFW in Kuwait asked for helped after being abused by 2 of her employers
- DND to confirm if the reports of a Chinese survey ship within Philippine EEZ are true
- Aksyon Demokratiko party-list named Mayor Isko Moreno as their president; Mayor Moreno files SIUS in COMELEC
- A group of healthcare workers in a hospital warns of lockdown if their pleas are not heard

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