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Ban on those coming from India or those with travel history to India, though, still in effect (Eagle News) — Foreign nationals allowed to enter the Philippines in previous Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases prior to the travel ban on foreign nationals imposed in March will again be allowed entry starting May 1. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, April 30, said, however, that those coming from India or those […]
(Eagle News) — Ifugao province has been added to the list of areas under a modified enhanced community quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, April 30, said Puerto Princesa, on the other hand, is under a general community quarantine until the end of May. Roque said both areas were added to the respective lists upon the request of local government officials. Apart from Ifugao, the following are under an MECQ starting May, as announced […]
(Eagle News) –Former San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez will again be admitted to the hospital due to COVID-19 and pneumonia. Former Senator JV Ejercito said his mother got a spot in the hospital after a week of waiting. “She was confined already last December after testing positive,” Ejercito said. Gomez first contracted the COVID-19 virus in 2020. She, however, recovered in December. Ejercito’s father, former President Joseph Estrada, also tested positive for COVID-19 in March. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1028738 on Thursday, April 29, after the Department of Health reported 8276 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 69354 were active. Of the active cases, 94.9 percent were mild, 1.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.4 percent were severe, and 0.92 percent were moderate cases. Recoveries rose to 942,239 including the additional 6636 recoveries. The death toll is now at 17145, including […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-one more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18301. No additional recoveries nor fatalities were reported, which means total recoveries remain at 11220. Meanwhile the total deaths are now at 1145 with the addition of four fatalities. According to the DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the […]
(Eagle News) — Higher incentives are now given to drivers participating in the government’s Service Contracting Program. The Department of Transportation said from the P11 per kilometer traveled by participating Traditional Public Utility Jeepneys (TPUJ) and Modern Public Utility Jeepneys (MPUJ), the incentive has been increased to P27 per kilometer traveled, based on the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s Memorandum Circular 2021-28. For Public Utility Buses (PUB), the incentive is now at P45.50 per […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 1,020,495 on Wednesday, April 28, after the Department of Health reported 6,895 additional cases. DOH data showed of the total cases, 67,769 were active. Of these, 94.9 percent were mild, 1.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.4 percent were severe, and 0.95 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 935,695 including the additional 10,739 ones. The death toll is now at 17,031, with the addition of 115 deaths. The […]
(Eagle News) — Navotas Rep. John Rey Tiangco has tested positive for COVID-19. Tiangco made the announcement in a Facebook post. According to Tiangco, the results were based on an antigen test he underwent on Tuesday night. Earlier this month, the Department of Health said antigen tests that showed COVID-19-positive results would also form part of the official tally of COVID-19 cases, at least in the NCR Plus area, as a precaution amid the surge […]
(Eagle News) — The temporary ban on India covers Filipinos there, too. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the decision was arrived at to prevent the entry of the new variant, B.1.617, which was reported as the one responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases in India. The new coronavirus variant has been described as a “double mutant.” On Tuesday, India reported 350,000 new cases, pushing the global COVID-19 cases to 147.7 million. In a […]
26 more recover (Eagle News) — Seventeen more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18270. Twenty-six more recoveries also pushed the recoveries among Filipinos outside the country to 11220. The death toll is now at 1141, with the addition of 15 deaths. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has opened another facility to accommodate the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among police personnel. In a statement, the PNP said the PNP General Hospital Extension Covid-19 Ward has 96 beds, 16 cubicle shower rooms and other amenities needed by COVID-19 patients. So far, the PNP said 122 more COVID-19 cases among police personnel pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 19850. Of these, 1809 were active. […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila mayors are recommending a “flexible” modified enhanced community quarantine in the National Capital Region once the MECQ lapses supposedly by the end of the month. In a television interview, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Benhur Abalos said under the recommended MECQ agreed upon in a meeting by the mayors on Tuesday night, more businesses will be allowed to open. The recommendation was for curfew hours to be shortened, too, at […]
