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(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 693,048 on Thursday, March 25, after the Department of Health reported an all-time high of 8,773 additional cases. According to DOH data, the additional cases pushed the total active COVID-19 cases to 99,891, only 109 cases shy of the 100,000 mark. This is the second time the Philippines reported over 8,000 additional COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. Of these active cases, 95 percent were mild, 3 percent […]
Makes appeal to follow priority list so as not to imperil COVAX Facility vaccine deliveries (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte expressed dismay about some persons who are not health workers who got vaccines against COVID-19, which was against the protocol of the Philippine vaccine rollout. Duterte said that this incidents could put in peril the arrival of more vaccines from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVAX Facility since the condition to vaccinate health […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has extended its lockdown until April 12. Senate President Tito Sotto made the announcement during the plenary session on Wednesday, March 24. Sotto said only virtual hearings will be allowed for the duration of the lockdown. An advisory issued to Senate employees showed only a 30 percent capacity will be allowed inside the Senate starting April 12. The Philippines is currently dealing with a surge in COVID-19 cases, with the […]
Notes alarming incidence of “COVID-19 hangover” among Filipinos during pandemic; busts myths regarding alcohol consumption (Eagle News) — The president of the Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP) warned the public on the ills of drinking alcohol amid renewed lockdown measures in the country, saying that alcohol consumption could lead to Filipinos getting more severe COVID-19 infection. Dr. Roberto De Guzman Jr., who heads the HSP –the only liver society recognized by medical […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 684,311 on Wednesday, March 24, after the Department of Health reported 6666 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 91754 were active. Of these, 95.3 percent were mild, 2.5 percent asymptomatic, 0.8 percent critical, 0.9 percent severe, and 0.46 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 579,518 with the additional 1,072 recoveries. Forty-seven additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 13,039. The DOH is currently […]
(Eagle News) — Some 400,000 more doses of China’s Sinovac vaccines arrived in the country on Wednesday morning, March 24. With the additional doses, the total Sinovac vaccines in the country have reached 1 million. The first batch of 600,000 doses were delivered on Feb. 28, which were the first vaccine doses that the country received against COVID-19. “We are grateful for the arrival of additional donated vaccines. The arrival of these vaccines could […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-eight Immigration officers are being investigated for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of 44 Filipino women to Syria. Immigration chief Jaime Morente added that he has also ordered the immediate creation of a fact-finding committee to find out how the victims were able to depart the Philippines. “I am at a loss for words from what I heard. Ako sa totoo lamang ay nahihiya. I am disappointed and frustrated about the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will implement alternative work arrangements at its head office in Manila and security plant complex in Quezon City until March 31. In an advisory issued on Wednesday, March 24, the BSP said this was “in response to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases” in the country. Personnel from the BSP’s mission-critical departments and support units, however, the BSP said, “will continue to report on-site, as appropriate, while […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has called on China to “promptly withdraw” its fishing vessels and maritime assets from the vicinity of adjacent waters of relevant features in the Kalayaan Group of Islands in the West Philippine Sea. In a strongly-worded statement, the DFA also called on China to “direct its fishing vessels to desist from environmentally destructive activities.” The DFA issued the statement two days after it formally lodged a diplomatic […]
(Eagle News) – The Japanese government, thru its embassy, has allowed the grant of P75.8 million worth of funding support for three agricultural projects in the Philippines. In a statement, the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines said “Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko signed grant contracts with Japanese non-government organizations (NGOs) conducting activities in the Philippines namely OISCA International, Ikaw-Ako, and JAEC.” Silkworm farmers from the provinces of Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Aklan, Iloilo, Antique, Misamis Oriental, […]
(Eagle News) — Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 86,200 on Tuesday, March 23, after the Department of Health reported 5,867 additional COVID-19 cases. The additional cases also pushed the COVID-19 total–whether active or not– to 677,653. According to DOH data, of the active cases, 95.4 percent were mild, 2.3 percent were asymptomatic, 0.9 percent severe, and 0.9 percent were in critical condition. Total recoveries rose to 578,461 including the 620 new ones. Twenty […]
400k more Sinovac doses to arrive tomorrow; almost 2M AstraZeneca doses to arrive until March 29 – Galvez (Eagle News) – Close to 409,000 health care workers have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, and more will be given shots as over 2.37 million vaccine doses from Sinovac and AstraZenece are scheduled to arrive before the month ends, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. “Tayo ay nakapagtala na 408,995 health care workers na […]
