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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 509,887 on Friday, Jan. 22, after the Department of Health reported 2,178 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases so far, 6.3 percent or 32,031 were active. Of these, 83.6 percent were mild, 9.5 percent asymptomatic, 4.1 percent critical, 2.3 percent severe, and 0.42 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 148, Bulacan […]
(Eagle News) — Individuals coming from countries with travel restrictions will have to undergo a second RT-PCR test on their fifth day of quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the new requirement for people coming from or transiting through the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, China and Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, South Africa, Canada, Spain, the United States, Portugal, India, Finland, Norway, Jordan, […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City resident who tested positive for the United Kingdom COVID-19 virus variant has now tested negative. The Quezon City government made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 22, nine days after the Philippine government announced the detection of the variant in the country following the QC resident’s test results. The local government said the doctors at the quarantine facility where he is staying, however, will make a final assessment before he […]
(Eagle News) — Licensure examinations scheduled from January to March this year are expected to push through. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved the request of the Professional Regulation Commission for the conduct of the same amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The PRC said the examinations scheduled this month were those for medical technologists, sanitary engineers and architects. The licensure exams for veterinarians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, […]
(Eagle News) — People aged 10 to 65 will soon be allowed to go out in modified general community quarantine areas, the Palace announced on Friday, Jan. 22. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the relaxed restrictions for MGCQ areas will take effect starting February 1. Roque said any person below ten years old and those who are over 65 years old, however, shall be required to remain in their residence at all times. “Yung […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-nine more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP COVID-19 recovery total climbed to 9193. Thirty-two additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 9715. Of these, 494 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among police personnel remains at 28. The government has said it was eyeing inoculation of 50 to 60 percent of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Friday, Jan. 22, cautioned the public against any individuals using the name of the agency or agency officials to solicit money for projects. The DOTr said it does not authorize individuals or groups to solicit in any form for any purpose, and, in fact, strongly condemns such acts. The agency issued the statement following reports it received an individual representing a company was claiming his company was […]
(Eagle News) — Tree-planting is now mandatory for every Philippine Ports Authority contract or permit issued. This is according to the Department of Transportation, which supervises the PPA. The DOTr said in a statement issued on Thursday, Jan. 21, that the new requirement was based on PPA Administrative Order No. 14-2020, signed by PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago. The order takes effect on the 2nd of February after the required 15-day publication period. Under the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 507,000 mark on Thursday, Jan. 21, after the Department of Health reported 1783 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the 507,717 total cases, 5.9 percent or 30,126 cases were active. Of these, 84.8 percent were mild, 8 percent asymptomatic, 4.4 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 99, […]
Cites three grounds for dismissal (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has dismissed the complaint filed against Senator Koko Pimentel over his alleged quarantine breach in March 2020. A statement from the DOJ said the Office of the Prosecutor General junked the complaint filed by lawyer Rico Quicho a month later on three grounds: the complaint was fatally defective, Pimentel is not a public health authority required to report medical conditions, and there was […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will get up to 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the Gavi COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access facility or COVAX, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Thursday, Jan. 21. Galvez announced the development in a televised briefing. While he did not specify which vaccine this was, he said it was “most likely” the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. “Siguro meron po tayong 30 to 40 million na doses for free para […]
(Eagle News) — Thirteen more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP COVID-19 recovery total rose to 9154. Thirty-eight additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 9683. Of these, 501 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 28. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has said uniformed […]
