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(Eagle News) — The Philippines has extended its ban on inbound flights from India and other countries. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the ban, which also covers Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates and Oman, is now in effect until July 31. According to Roque, there has been a recommendation for Indonesia to be included in the list of countries covered by the travel restrictions but President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to decide […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has suspended the body mass index requirement for policemen to be promoted. In a statement, PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said in deciding to suspend the implementation of PNP Memorandum Circular 2020-029, “we took into consideration the balance between the workload of all our personnel in this time of pandemic and the need for them to comply with this Memorandum Circular just to be promoted.” “Nasa panahon tayo ng […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1481660 after the Department of Health reported 3,604 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 46934 were active. Of the active cases, 89.6 were mild cases, 4.3 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 1.83 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1408634, including the additional 5840 ones. Seventy-seven more deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 26,092. The Philippines’ COVID-19 […]
Senior citizens to be prioritized for single-dose J&J jab (Eagle News) — More than 3 million doses of the single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine from the COVAX Facility would be delivered to the country by July 19, further boosting the vaccine rollout. Because J&J vaccines only require a single for full vaccination, this means faster period for more Filipinos to be fully vaccinated. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, the chair of the National Vaccination Operations […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday, July 13, warned foreign vloggers in the country against engaging in any activity violating the conditions of their stay. In a statement, Immigration Chief Jaime Morente said that while vlogging per se wasn’t prohibited, foreign vloggers are not allowed to accept endorsements or use their platforms to sell products if they are holding a temporary visitors’ visa. According to Morente, this was a “deportable offense.” He […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the Special Action Force to check what the Commission on Audit said were “unmet contracts” in its 2020 report. In a statement, Eleazar said he, in particular, ordered the SAF leadership to “immediately report to me why some of these procurement contracts have not materialized.” “I have also tasked the SAF to report the current status of the contracts,” he added. The COA had […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte received the second dose of his COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, July 12. Pictures posted on Senator Bong Go’s Facebook account showed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administering the dose. The President received his first dose of China’s Sinopharm on May 3. According to World Health Organization guidelines, Sinopharm’s two vaccine doses should be administered in intervals of three to four weeks. If the second dose is administered less than […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,478,061 on Monday, July 12, after the Department of Health reported 5,204 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 49,128 were active. Of these, 89.6 percent were mild, 4.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 1.72 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,402,918 including the additional 5811 recoveries. The death toll is now at 26015, including the additional 100 deaths. The […]
(Eagle News) – The country has fully vaccinated more than 3.5 million Filipinos as of Monday, July 12, while those given just first doses reaching 9.6 million. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, who also chairs the National Vaccination Operations Center, said that more than 13.1 million so far have been administered vaccines against COVID-19. She said that by end of July or in August, the country can administer 200,000 to 300,000 jabs per day. In […]
Malacanang lauds the country’s historic initial victory against the COVID-19 pandemic (Eagle News) – San Juan City announced it had already vaccinated with the first dose 70 percent of its population, representing the initial victory of the country against the COVID-19 pandemic. With this declaration, San Juan City is the first ever city in the country to achieve the vaccination of its target population using the first dose. It also aims to achieve herd […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine vaccine experts are now studying using Pfizer as a third dose or booster shot, according to the chair of the National Vaccination Operations Center. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that the Philippine government is in fact already preparing to get more Pfizer doses for this purpose by the end of the year in case a booster shot is indeed needed. Cabotaje said that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,473,025 after the Department of Health reported 5,916 more cases. Of the total cases, 49,701 were active. Of these, 89.3 percent were mild, 5 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.4 percent severe, and 1.7 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,397,403 including the additional 6,127 ones. The death toll is now at 25,921 including the 105 additional deaths. The Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccination is ongoing, with […]
