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Today on Rappler:

• NBI summons Vico Sotto for ‘violating’ Bayanihan Law

The National Bureau of Investigation or NBI summons Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto for supposedly violating the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.

• U.P. scientists making ventilators – DOH

Scientists at the University of the Philippines-Manila National Institutes of Health or UP-NIH are developing ventilators to help augment the local demand as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

• Airlines ask gov’t for lifeline as virus leads them to bankruptcy

Airline companies Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, and AirAsia seek state intervention and access to credit with low rates, as the novel coronavirus grounds the industry almost to the point of bankruptcy.

• Pampanga mayor bars 4,500 city employees from taking relief packs

Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo prevents all city government employees from taking their share of relief food packs distributed house to house.

• Europe coronavirus death toll tops 30,000 – AFP tally

The coronavirus pandemic kills more than 30,000 people in Europe as of Wednesday, April 1. There are now 450,000 cases of COVID-19 in Europe, making it the continent hit hardest by the outbreak. – Rappler.com