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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has directed all barangay captains to restrain unvaccinated persons from going out of their homes amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in the country, saying that unvaccinated persons could spread the disease if “contaminated.” The President said that unvaccinated persons who refuse to stay at home could be “detained.” “That is my position and I continue to — I’m now giving orders to the barangay captain to look […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,936,875 on Saturday, Jan. 8, after the Department of Health reported 26,458 additional cases. This is an increase from the 21,819 additional cases reported on Friday, Jan. 7. According to the DOH, all labs were operational on January 6, 2022 while six labs did not submit data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System. Of the total cases, 102,017 were active. Of the active cases, the […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 100 Philippine Coast Guard personnel have so far tested positive for COVID-19. According to the PCG, the 94 personnel who tested positive as of Jan. 7 have been transported to the PCG Quarantine Facility at the Coast Guard Base in Taguig for medical assistance. The PCG said the majority of the personnel were members of Task Force Kalinga distributing relief goods to help typhoon-stricken regions including MiMaRoPa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, […]
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Batanes and Babuyan Islands, as a result, will have cloudy skies with rains. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,910,664 on Friday, Jan.7, after the Department of Health reported 21,819 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 77369 were active cases. Of these, 2438 were asymptomatic, 70321 were mild, 2837 were moderate, 1461 were severe, and 312 were critical. Recoveries rose to 2781424 with the addition of 973 recoveries. Over 100, or 129, more deaths were reported, pushing the COVID-19 […]
But Omicron will only have “mild” effect on fully vaccinated, says Dr. Salvana who notes that PHL can ride the Omicron wave with more vaccinations, booster shots (Eagle News) – A “fleeting contact” is all it takes for the Omicron variant to spread, unlike previous COVID-19 virus variants that takes at least 15 minutes between close contacts to be transmitted. Dr. Edsel Salvana from the Department of Health Technical Advisory group on infectious diseases, explained […]
(Eagle News) — More areas in the country, particularly in Luzon and the Visayas regions, were placed under the higher Alert Level 3 following the noted increase in COVID-19 cases in these areas. Based on the latest resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force, certain areas from the Cordillera Administrative Region, and Regions 1 to 7, were escalated to Alert Level 3 that would take effect on Sunday, January 9 until January 15. These are […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Ping Lacson and Sherwin Gatchalian have tested positive for COVID-19. The two lawmakers made the announcement in separate Tweets on Friday, Jan. 7. According to Lacson, the results were based on an RT-PCR test he took on Jan. 4, and which were released on Thursday night. He said he took the test after his son, whom he was exposed to, tested positive for the virus. “Immediately informed all my Jan 3 […]
DOH urges passengers of said flights to contact DOH, their LGUs if they experience symptoms after arrival in the PHL (Eagle News) – The Department of Health is “verifying the test results and health status of all passengers” of the flights where the 10 Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) who recently tested positive for the Omicron variant. In a statement, the DOH said that this is “to determine if there are other confirmed cases or […]
Of 29, 19 with indicated addresses in Metro Manila (Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Thursday, Jan. 6, reported 29 more Omicron variant cases in the country, bringing the total cases of the highly transmissible variant to 43. According to the DOH, 18 additional cases of the Delta variant were also recorded, bringing the total to 8,497. The DOH said the latest genome sequencing run involved 48 samples on January 2. The DOH said of […]
Alert Level 3 in these areas to remain in effect until January 15 (Eagle News) — Starting Friday, January 7, Laguna will be placed under Alert Level 3 joining Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal which are also under the higher alert level until January 15. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the recommendation of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics “to escalate Laguna to Alert Level 3, due to […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,888,917 on Thursday, Jan. 6, after the Department of Health reported 17220 additional cases. According to the DOH, all laboratories were operational on Jan. 4 while 11 labs did not submit data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). The DOH said of the total cases, 56561 were active. Of these, 1837 were asymptomatic, 49988 were mild, 2954 were moderate, 1470 were severe, and 312 […]
