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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2705792 on Friday, Oct. 15, with the addition of 7625 cases. The Department of Health said 65 cases were removed from the total case count. Of the total cases, 78999 are active. Of the active cases, 80 percent are mild, 6.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent critical, 3.9 percent severe, and 7.38 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2586369 with the addition of 13363 recoveries. Over […]
More reelectionist senators join De Lima, Trillanes in Leni’s senate line-up (Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo bared the 11 names in her senatorial slate in a press briefing on Friday, Oct. 15, which included Senator Richard Gordon, five other reelectionist senators, and former Vice-President Jejomar Binay. Robredo, who is running as an independent presidential bet in 2022, gave six new names on Friday who will run alongside the five initial bets she had […]
Parents urged to register children eligible for vaccination (Eagle News) – Starting today, Oct 15, children aged 12 to 17 years who have comorbidities would get be vaccinated against COVID-19 in eight hospital sites in Metro Manila, the Department of Health said. The DOH said that that adolescents with comorbidities “are now part of the A3 priority group and will be called ‘Pediatric A3.’” These comorbities could range from cancer, HIV, tuberculosis and other ailments. […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll due to storm “Maring” has risen to 30 with 14 still missing, Malacanang said citing the latest data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The NDRRMC said 13, or almost half of the total casualties, were aged 26 to 60. Ten victims were children, with ages ranging from less than a year old to 14 years old. Four were aged 61 above. Sixteen of the […]
(Eagle News) — Starting today, Thursday, Oct. 14, fully vaccinated foreign nationals from the so-called “green countries” will no longer be required to undergo facility-based quarantine upon arrival, according to Malacanang on Wednesday, Oct. 13. Instead, the fully vaccinated foreign nationals are just “enjoined to self-monitor for any symptoms until the 14th day.” They are also required to have a negative RT-PCR test “within 72 hours prior to the departure from the country of origin.” […]
Up to 50% capacity for outdoor activities allowed in Metro Manila starting Oct 16; Laguna, Cavite, Bulacan, Rizal, 6 other areas under MECQ (Eagle News) — Malacanang announced the guidelines containing eased restrictions as more establishments are allowed to operate as Metro Manila eases to COVID-19 alert level 3 from Oct. 16 to the end of the month. According to the Palace, under the alert level, these establishments will be allowed to operate […]
Palace also announces community quarantine restrictions for the rest of the country (Eagle News) – Metro Manila will be placed under Alert Level 3 from the current alert level 4 starting Saturday, Oct. 16, Malacanang announced on Wednesday, Oct. 13. Alert level 3 in the National Capital Region will be in effect until the end of the month, Oct. 31, the Palace said citing the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). -Community quarantine classifications […]
Says it will file disqualification cases against candidates supporting communist rebels (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned all candidates in the 2022 national and local elections not to give money to communist rebels when they start their campaigns for next year’s polls. In a statement, the DILG said that paying “extortion money” to New People’s Army rebels and giving support money to the Communist Party of the […]
To start vaccinating children aged 12 years old and above by Oct. 15 (Eagle News) – The Philippines has administered over 50 million vaccine doses, reaching another milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign. This comes as the country prepares to inoculate children aged 12 years and above, starting with those with comorbidities on Friday, Oct. 15. The National Task Force against COVID-19 said that as of Oct. 11, a total of 50,066,590 doses have already […]
(Eagle News) — Southern Leyte Rep. Roger Mercado has been formally appointed as the new Department of Public Works and Highways chief. Mercado was seen taking his oath before Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea in a picture posted by his son, Maasin Mayor Nacional Mercado. The congressman, currently the vice chair of the House committee on public works and highways, assumed the post left vacated by Mark Villar, who resigned to push through with his plan […]
Flooding experienced in 107 areas; 102 cities had power outages (Eagle News) – Severe tropical storm “Maring” (international name Kompasu) has left at least 13 people dead, with nine still missing, according to disaster officials. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in its latest report on Wednesday, Oct. 13, that three were also reported injured. Seven of the casualties were male, five were female, and one was still unidentified as […]
Gov’t also notes decreasing health care utization rate this month (Eagle News) – Philippine officials noted the continuing decrease in the health care utilization rate this month for COVID-19 cases. At the same time, they observed that those who are being intubated in intensive care units in hospitals are mostly unvaccinated people. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana noted this in his report to President Rodrigo Duterte in his latest “Talk to the People” this week. “Napag-alamang […]
