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Total Sinovac doses delivered as of May 20 reach 5.5 million (Eagle News) – An additional 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines under the brand name CoronaVac arrived in the country on Thursday morning, May 20. This brought the total Sinovac vaccine doses delivered so far at 5.5 million, and over-all total of COVID vaccine doses of 8.2 million. The new vaccine doses will be delivered to Metro Manila and other regions and provinces with […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,165,155 after the Department of Health reported 6100 additional cases. The DOH said sixteen duplicate cases were removed from the total case count. Of the total cases, 51912 were active. Of these, 93.1 percent were mild, 2.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2 percent severe, and 1.31 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1093602, including the additional 4071 ones. The death toll also increased to 19641, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs urged Filipinos in Israel and the West Bank, and Gaza to take extra precautions with the alert levels over those areas now raised. In a statement, the DFA said the 29,473 Filipinos in Israel and the West Bank, which are now under alert level 1 or a precautionary phase, should follow the advice of the host government and the nearest Philippine embassy. Meanwhile, the 91 Filipinos in […]
(Eagle News) — Local government units are no longer allowed to make announcements in advance of the COVID-19 vaccine brand to be used for inoculation. According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, people who intend to be inoculated will instead be informed of the vaccine brand on-site. “..He will have to give his informed consent but if he refuses, he will have to go back to the back of the line,” Año said. Año said the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has unveiled the country’s first-ever state-of-the-art aerodrome 3D tower simulator. In a statement, the DOTr said the new simulator installed at the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines’ Civil Aviation Training Center in Paranaque City, is “world class, and is comparable to the Virtual Tower of Singapore.” It will help Aviation Training Centers in training, testing, and maintaining proficiency in handling aerodrome control operations “without involving any risk […]
Guevarra says IATF approved the 30% maximum capacity after oversight on “GCQ with heightened restrictions” guidelines Updated: May 21, 2021 (Eagle News) — Religious gatherings in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal which are currently under General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions protocol can be held up to 30 percent of a venue’s seating capacity. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra announced this saying that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the earlier 30 […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,159,071 on Wednesday, May 19, after the Department of Health reported 4700 additional cases. The department said of the total cases, 49951 were active. Of these, 92.8 percent were mild cases, 2.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent critical, 2.1 percent severe, and 1.36 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1089613 including the additional 6986 recoveries. The death toll is now at 19507, including the 136 additional ones. […]
President Duterte says “one of these days, maybe the Filipino people should demand the truth” (Eagle News) – Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile questioned the back-channeling talks done by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV with China in 2012 on the Scarborough stand-off, saying Trillanes’ close connection with Chinese officials should be looked into. Enrile, 97, who had also served as Defense Minister for over 14 years during the administration of the late President […]
Metro Manila, other regions with high COVID cases to be prioritized (Eagle News) – The Philippines aims to vaccinate 500,000 people a day or three million people in a week, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. This is so the country would be able to achieve “herd immunity by November or even September.” Galvez reported to President Rodrigo Duterte that they are already doing simulations in preparation for this, starting with the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Tuesday, May 19, said it does not recognize China’s unilateral imposition of a fishing moratorium in the South China Sea. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the moratorium for the period May 1 to August 16 as announced by China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs covers “waters north of 12 degrees north latitude” in the body of water, and those include “areas over which the […]
Duterte says vaccination should be done day and night if possible so there’ll be no wastage of expiring vaccines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a much faster vaccine rollout, directing his vaccine czar to start giving the vaccine doses to the country’s essential workers, including policemen and soldiers, and also to the poor communities, so millions of people would get immunized against COVID-19, and the country could achieve herd immunity faster. Duterte […]
Total active cases reach 52,291 or 4.5 percent of total COVID cases (Eagle News) – The number of new COVID-19 cases added on Tuesday, May 18, was recorded at 4,487, the lowest single-day tally so far this month. The Department of Health (DOH) said that so far, total active cases reached 52,291 which represent only 4.5 percent of total COVID-19 cases (1,154,388). New recoveries reached 6,383 bringing total recoveries to 1,082,725. These total recoveries […]
