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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,883,088 after the Department of Health reported 13,573 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 125378 were active. Of these, 95.9 percent were mild, 1.3 percent were asymptomatic, 0.6 percent were critical, 1.2 percent were severe, and 0.94 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1725218 including the additional 15820 recoveries. The death toll is now at 32492 including the additional 228 deaths. […]
Duterte says his decision may be unpopular, but fair (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is standing by Health Secretary Francisco Duque, saying he had not seen any evidence of corruption so far amid allegations hurled against the health chief. Duterte said that even if call to dismiss or fire Duque is popular, he analyzed the evidence and so far there is nothing to point to the health chief being corrupt or pocketing money, […]
Says COA’s explanation about no finding of corruption on DOH came “very late” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte lamented how the Commission on Audit (COA) has already damaged the reputation of the Department of Health (DOH) and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III when it released its initial report on P67.3 billion funds it had initially flagged. In his “Talk to the People” on Tuesday night, Aug. 25, Duterte said that COA had already […]
(Eagle News) – The ruling PDP-Laban party has released five initial names of those who would be running for its Senate slate in the 2022 national elections which include House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta and four members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet. In a release, the PDP Laban listed the “following personalities that will form part” of its initial Senatorial slate: – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta; – Department of Information & […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte honored all the Filipino athletes who brought pride to the country in the recent Tokyo Olympics where the Philippines brought home its biggest Olympic medal haul Among those who were honored in Malacanang on Monday, Aug. 24, were weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz who brought the country’s first ever Olympic gold, boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam who brought home two Olympic silver medals, and another Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial who […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,869,691 after the Department of Health reported 12,067 more COVID-19 cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 127703 were active. Of these, 95.5 percent were mild, 1.7 percent were asymptomatic, 0.6 percent were critical, 1.2 percent were severe, and 0.93 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1709724 including the additional 14565 recoveries. The death toll is now at 32262, with the addition of 303 deaths. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzm6ux1Kjj8 (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the ruling PDP-Laban’s endorsement to run as the party’s Vice-President in the 2022 elections. Cabinet secretary Karlo Nograles announced this on Tuesday, Aug. 24, in a breaking news aired on NET25. Nograles said that President Duterte already confirmed this to the PDP-Laban execom on Monday, Aug. 23. “Kahapon po dahil sa patuloy naming panawagan kay President Duterte na tanggapin niya ang aming pagsulong at […]
With this EUA, there are now 2 single-dose Covid vaccines allowed for PHL use: Sputnik Light and Janssen (Eagle News) – The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Russia’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik Light. Sputnik Light is the ninth COVID-19 vaccine to be given an EUA in the Philippines. Before this, FDA granted EUA to China’s Sinopharm vaccine on June 7. The other vaccines with EUA are […]
(Eagle News) — Over 900 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional 946 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos outside the Philippines to 22713. Over 200, or 205, more have recovered, also pushing the COVID-19 recovery total to 12808. The death toll is now at 1367, with the addition of 35 more COVID-19 deaths. “Compared to last week’s figures, the total […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has vaccinated more than 30 million individuals, with over 13 million already fully vaccinated. This was according to Malacanang citing data from the National COVID-19 vaccination dashboard as of Aug. 22, 2021. Total vaccine doses administered have reached 30,389,160 in the country. Of this number, 17,258,675 individuals have been jabbed with a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 13,130,485 individuals are now fully vaccinated, said Presidential Spokesperson Secretary […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 fatalities in the Philippine National Police are now at 100 after a 44-year-old policeman succumbed to the disease. According to the PNP, the policeman assigned in Ilocos Region had been fully vaccinated for the disease and had been on work from home status since the start of the pandemic until his death on Aug. 22. He had been immuno-compromised with a “high comorbidity,” however, with his relative telling the PNP the […]
Total Delta cases in PHL reach 1,273 (Eagle News) — Over 400 more Delta variant cases have been detected in the Philippines, pushing the total Delta cases in the country to 1,273. According to the DOH, apart from the additional 446 Delta cases, 90 Alpha cases, 105 Beta cases, and 41 P.3 variant cases were found in the latest batch of 746 samples that underwent genome sequencing. The samples were collected by 62 institutions […]
