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COVID-19 cases in PHL breach 1,276,000 mark

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the 1,276,000 mark after the Department of Health reported 6539 additional cases. Of the 1,276,004 total cases, according to DOH data, 58854 were active. Of these, 93.4 percent were mild, 2.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.7 percent severe, and 1.16 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,195,181 including the additional 6969 ones. Seventy-one additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 21,969. The Philippines kicked […]

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Ceremonial vaccination of A4 starts; DOH says 8M initially targeted for jabs in 2 to 3 months

NCR plus areas, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao and other areas with high COVID cases prioritized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9LMq7IP_uk   (Eagle News) – The Philippine government had its ceremonial vaccination of A4 or economic frontliners’ group on Monday, June 7. The event was held at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City. Initially those targeted for the ceremonial rollout are economic frontliners in Metro Manila. Health Undersecretary Dr. Myrna Cabotaje, in an interview with the Eagle News Service […]

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PNP procures P60-million CCTV rapid deployment system for use in counter-terrorism operations

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has procured a P60-million closed-circuit television camera rapid deployment system for use in counter-terrorism operations in the country. In a statement, the PNP said the system–composed of 10 deployable artificially intelligent CCTVs, a video management system, 10 CCTV mobile trailers and 10 generators—were procured from the  P19,429,717.08 in savings from the recent improvement of the PNP Command Center, and the P45,111,006.28 saved by the PNP from the purchase […]

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New Covid cases increase to 7,228 bringing to almost 60k the total active infections in PHL

NCR still the region with most no. of active cases at over 11k, according to DOH data   (Eagle News) – New COVID-19 cases continued to rise as 7,228 new infections were reported on Sunday, June 6. This brought the number of total active cases to 59,997, or 4.7 percent of the total number of confirmed cases (1,269,478). On Saturday, June 5, there were 6,955 new Covid cases reported. It was even higher at 7,450 […]

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DFA: COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad at 19,878

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos are now at 19878 after two more cases were reported. According to recent Department to Foreign Affairs data, three additional recoveries also pushed the COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad to 12056. No additional death was reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll  remains at 1194. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries saw a slight decrease to 60.65%. Meanwhile fatalities and those under […]

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1M more Sinovac doses arrive; nearly 9.3M total vaccine doses delivered in PHL

Galvez said bulk of vaccines to be brought to Visayas in Mindanao areas with high COVID cases (Eagle News) – Another million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China arrived in the country on Sunday morning, June 6, bringing the country’s total of vaccine doses so far delivered at around 9.3 million. This is the first shipment of vaccines delivered for the month of June. This also brings to 6.5 million the total Sinovac doses that […]

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Immigration bureau: Retiree visa holders now allowed to enter PHL even without entry exemption documents

(Eagle News) — Retiree visa holders are now allowed to enter the Philippines even without entry exemption documents. The Bureau of Immigration said this was following a recent resolution issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID), upon recommendation by the Department of Tourism (DOT). Those holding tourist visas, however, Immigration bureau chief Jaime Morente said, still need to present the entry exemption document from the country’s foreign posts […]

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PNP distributes over 2,000 body-worn cameras for use during police operations

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has distributed over 2,000 body-worn cameras for use during police operations. In a statement, the PNP said the 2696 cameras–which were purchased through a congressional allocation– were given to 170 police stations, which include the five police districts of the National Capital Region Police Office, and 15 city and municipal stations in Metro Manila. The PNP earlier said the cameras would help protect law enforcers conducting operations and […]

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DOH reports 6955 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1262273 on Saturday, June 5, after the Department of Health reported 6955 additional cases. Of the total cases, 59543 were active, according to recent DOH data. Of these, 93.5 percent were mild, 2.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent severe, 1.3 percent critical, and 1.16 percent were moderate cases. Recoveries rose to 1180998, including the additional 8109 ones. The death toll 21732 reached , with the addition of 195 deaths. […]

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PAGASA: “Dante” no longer affecting the PHL, to exit PAR today

(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Dante” is no longer affecting the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said the tropical cyclone wind signal earlier hoisted over Batanes has been lifted, with “Dante” now estimated  330 km north northeast of Itbayat, Batanes or over the sea south of Yonaguni Island (Okinawa), Japan. PAGASA said “Dante” is so far moving northeastward at 30 kph, and is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility this […]

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PAGASA declares start of rainy season

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Friday, June 4, declared the start of the rainy season. In a statement, PAGASA said the passage of “Dante” and the occurrence of widespread rainfall in the last five days confirm this. As a result, the weather bureau said the probability of “near to above normal rainfall conditions is high in the next two months” until July. It said breaks in rainfall events, […]

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“Dante” re-enters PHL as tropical depression; Batanes under signal no. 1

  (Eagle News) – Tropical cyclone “Dante” which exited the country early Friday, June 4, re-entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) , and is now affecting Batanes which is under signal number 1. Batanes will be experiencing “strong winds” during the passage of Dante, PAGASA said in its 5 p.m. bulletin. The center of Tropical Depression “DANTE” (CHOIWAN) was estimated based on all available data 210 kilometers West Northwest of Basco, Batanes or 185 […]

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