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Facility-based quarantine for fully-vaccinated international travelers, ROFs no longer required starting Feb. 1: Palace

(Eagle News) — Facility-based quarantine is no longer required for international travelers and returning overseas Filipino workers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 starting Feb. 1. According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, international travelers and ROFs, however, must still self-monitor for seven days from the date of their arrival in the country. They must also present an RT-PCR test that yields negative results within 48 hours prior to departure from the country of origin. […]

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PHL new Covid-19 cases inch higher for 2nd straight day at 18,638; new recoveries lower at 13,106

Total active cases rise slightly to 231,658 (Eagle News) – For the second straight day, new Covid-19 cases inched higher on Friday, January 28, as the Department of Health recorded 18,638 new cases. The new cases were slightly higher than Thursday’s number of 18,191, and Wednesday’s (Jan. 26) 15,789 cases. But this time, it broke the six-day streak of new recoveries exceeding new Covid cases because on Friday, there were only 13,106 new recoveries. From […]

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Philippines to re-open to vaccinated foreign tourists

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines will re-open to fully vaccinated tourists from most countries on February 10 and lift quarantine requirements, officials said Friday, nearly two years after closing its borders to contain the coronavirus. Tourism operators across the archipelago nation famed for its beaches and dive spots have been devastated by a plunge in international visitors and restrictions on domestic travel. Their misery was worsened by a super typhoon that smashed into the […]

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24 NCR sites to participate in Feb. 4-5 vaccination of kids aged 5-11, says Galvez

Specially formulated Pfizer jabs for 5-11 age group to arrive on Feb. 2   (Eagle News) — The Philippine government set February 4 and 5 as the vaccination days that would target children aged five to 11 in Metro Manila, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. During the vaccination rollout for the five to 11 year-old kids, at least 24 hospital and non-hospital based facilities would be participating. Specially formulated Pfizer vaccines for […]

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Senator Joel Villanueva tests positive for COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Senator Joel Villanueva has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Villanueva, this was based on RT-PCR test results he received on Thursday night. He said he experienced fever and headache last Wednesday. “Inabisuhan ko na po ang lahat ng aking nakasalamuha noong mga nagdaang araw tungkol sa aking kalagayan, at kasalukuyan po tayong naka-isolate,” the senator said. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, other senators have also tested positive for the […]

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Palawan, Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Tawi-Tawi, Sulu under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 28

Alert Level 3 in these areas effectve until Feb. 15, 2022   (Eagle News) – Six more provinces were placed under Covid Alert Level 3 that would take effect today, Friday, January 28. These are Palawan, Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Tawi-Tawi and Sulu, according to Malacanang. Acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the escalation of alert level status of these provinces noting the rise […]

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PNP: Focus crime incidents declined by 14% in 2021

(Eagle News) — Focus crime incidents declined by around 14 percent in 2021 from last year. This is according to Philippine National Police Chief General Dionardo B. Carlos, who cited figures from the recent Crime Environment Report presented by the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM). According to Carlos, from 43,696 incidents in 2020, crime incidents dipped 13.89% to only 37,626 or 6,070 less incidents. The same report showed a single- and double-digit decline […]

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PHL posts slightly higher new Covid-19 numbers at 18,191, but more recoveries still recorded

Total active Covid-19 cases decrease to 226,521 (Eagle News) – The country posted 18,191 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, January 27, slightly higher than the previous day’s 15,789 new cases. But even with the slight increase, the total active cases went down to 226,151 from 230,410 recorded the previous day, Wednesday. The total active cases on Thursday is 6.5 percent of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases of 3,493,447 in the country since the pandemic began […]

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PHL economy grows by 7.7 percent in 4th quarter of 2021 despite Delta variant, super typhoon Odette impact

PHL posts 5.6 percent overall growth based on GDP for whole year of 2021   (Eagle News) – The Philippine economy grew further last year despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the highly debilitating Delta variant, as gross domestic product posted a growth of 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter. Because of this, the country’s GDP posted an over-all growth of 5.6 percent for the whole year of 2021, according to the latest data from the […]

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DOH finds 618 more Omicron cases; 497 are local cases mostly “stealth Omicron”

Omicron cases detected nationwide; DOH probing how Omicron sublineage BA.2 became predominant in PHL (Eagle News) – More Omicron variant cases have been detected in the Philippines at 618, which includes both the original Omicron lineage B.1.1.529, and its sub-lineages, BA.1 and BA.2 or the so-called “stealth Omicron.” The Department of Health (DOH) announced this on Thursday in the latest genome sequencing of the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the […]

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DOH, PGC confirm Omicron sublineage BA.2 or “stealth Omicron” now dominant in PHL

More infectious Omicron sublineage BA.2 already detected in the 12 regions of the country, and most predominant in NCR, Calabarzon     (Eagle News) – The Department of Health confirmed that the Omicron sublineage, BA.2, also known as the “stealth Omicron” is now the dominant Covid-19 variant in the country. “We have detected this in all the 12 regions of the country, said UP-Philippine Genome Center executive director Dr. Cynthia Saloma on Thursday, January 27 […]

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DFA condoles with kin of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto Romulo

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has condoled with the kin of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto Romulo, who passed away on Sunday, Jan. 23. According to the DFA, Romulo, the uncle of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, “will be fondly recalled by the women and men of the Department of Foreign Affairs as a statesman that upheld the ideals of excellence in the conduct of diplomacy.” It noted that Romulo was also the […]

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