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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1028738 on Thursday, April 29, after the Department of Health reported 8276 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 69354 were active. Of the active cases, 94.9 percent were mild, 1.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.4 percent were severe, and 0.92 percent were moderate cases. Recoveries rose to 942,239 including the additional 6636 recoveries. The death toll is now at 17145, including […]
(Eagle News) – Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived in the country on Thursday, April 29, as scheduled, bringing the total number of vaccine doses in the country to over 4 million. Of this number, 3.5 million doses are Sinovac vaccines. The rest – 525,600 doses – are AstraZeneca doses that were delivered by the World Health Oganization’s COVAX Facility last March. The 3.5 million Sinovac doses further boosted the Philippine vaccine roll-out amid […]
(Eagle News) — Higher incentives are now given to drivers participating in the government’s Service Contracting Program. The Department of Transportation said from the P11 per kilometer traveled by participating Traditional Public Utility Jeepneys (TPUJ) and Modern Public Utility Jeepneys (MPUJ), the incentive has been increased to P27 per kilometer traveled, based on the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s Memorandum Circular 2021-28. For Public Utility Buses (PUB), the incentive is now at P45.50 per […]
MECQ from May 1 to 14 in NCR plus areas qualified with “additional opening of the economy” (Eagle News) — Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal will stay under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) for another two weeks but “with additional opening of the economy”, President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Wednesday night, April 28, in his “Talk to the Nation.” The city of Santiago in Quirino, and the whole province of Abra were likewise […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 1,020,495 on Wednesday, April 28, after the Department of Health reported 6,895 additional cases. DOH data showed of the total cases, 67,769 were active. Of these, 94.9 percent were mild, 1.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.4 percent were severe, and 0.95 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 935,695 including the additional 10,739 ones. The death toll is now at 17,031, with the addition of 115 deaths. The […]
(Eagle News) — Navotas Rep. John Rey Tiangco has tested positive for COVID-19. Tiangco made the announcement in a Facebook post. According to Tiangco, the results were based on an antigen test he underwent on Tuesday night. Earlier this month, the Department of Health said antigen tests that showed COVID-19-positive results would also form part of the official tally of COVID-19 cases, at least in the NCR Plus area, as a precaution amid the surge […]
(Eagle News) — The temporary ban on India covers Filipinos there, too. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the decision was arrived at to prevent the entry of the new variant, B.1.617, which was reported as the one responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases in India. The new coronavirus variant has been described as a “double mutant.” On Tuesday, India reported 350,000 new cases, pushing the global COVID-19 cases to 147.7 million. In a […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila mayors are recommending a “flexible” modified enhanced community quarantine in the National Capital Region once the MECQ lapses supposedly by the end of the month. In a television interview, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Benhur Abalos said under the recommended MECQ agreed upon in a meeting by the mayors on Tuesday night, more businesses will be allowed to open. The recommendation was for curfew hours to be shortened, too, at […]
Travel ban effective from April 29 to May 14 (Eagle News) — Malacanang has imposed a travel ban for those with travel history to India amid the emergence of more infectious variants there that caused an unprecedented spike in cases there. The travel ban will be in effect starting Thursday, April 29, until May 14. “All travelers coming from India or those with travel history to India within the last 14 days preceding arrival shall […]
(Eagle News) — The COVID-19 vaccine Moderna has already applied for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Zuellig Pharmaceuticals filed the application for EUA, on behalf of Moderna. The application came more than a month before the scheduled arrival of the initial doses of Moderna vaccines. The first batch of Moderna vaccines are expected to arrive on June 15. In an earlier interview, FDA director general Eric Domingo said […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,013,618 after the Department of Health reported 7204 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 71675 were active. Of these, 95.2 percent were mild, 1.5 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.3 percent severe, and 0.9 percent were moderate. Fourteen duplicate cases were also removed from the total case count. Recoveries rose to 925027 including the additional 10109 ones. “Moreover, 26 cases that were previously […]
(Eagle News) — The Special Adviser to the National Task Force on COVID-19 Dr. Ted Herbosa said that the critical care utilization of hospitals in Metro Manila is still high which warrants as extension of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in the Philippine capital and its surrounding provinces. In an interview with the Eagle News Service program, Balitalakayan, aired over NET 25, Dr. Herbosa also said that hospital bed utilization in Metro Manila […]
