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(Eagle News) — Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor has tested positive for COVID-19. Defensor, who is in isolation, said he contracted the virus two weeks ago. His final test is scheduled tomorrow, Wednesday, March 16. He said seven others from his household also tested positive for the virus. Defensor’s announcement came less than a day after Negros Oriental 1st District Rep. Jocelyn Limkaichong said she also contracted the COVID-19 virus. “Despite strictly following health protocols and […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine will be getting almost a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines by March 22 at the earliest or early April at the latest, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez. Galvez reported to President Rodrigo Duterte that an additional 1.4 million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China will be arriving in the country this month. In total, the expected vaccines to be coming in would be 2.3 million doses, he […]
(Eagle News) — The personnel involved in the hasty disinfection of Metro Rail Transit-3 trains as seen in a viral video will be relieved from their posts. The Metro Rail Transit-3’s said its maintenance provider Sumitomo-MHI-TESP has also vowed to file administrative charges against the personnel, and has issued an apology over the incident. According to the MRT-3, Sumitomo is deploying additional staff to supervise its disinfection teams and is rolling out a re-training of […]
(Eagle News) — Active COVID-19 cases reached 53,479 after the Department of Health reported 5404 additional cases today, March 15, the most COVID-19 cases reported in a single day in seven months. The figure does not include data from five laboratories, and pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 626,893. According to DOH data, of the active cases, 92.4 percent were mild, 4 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent critical, 1.4 percent severe, and 0.73 percent were moderate. […]
Roque holds Palace press briefing; says he’ll continue to discharge functions remotely (Eagle News) – When Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque reported for work in Malacanang on Monday, March 15, and was just about preparing for the usual Palace press briefing, he did not know that he would be part of the news. But just before the noon press briefing, at 11:29 a.m., he got the “shock” of his life after receiving the results of […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is looking into whether or not the policeman who recently died of COVID-19 was a close contact of PNP Chief Debold Sinas. The PNP announced three days ago that Sinas had tested positive for COVID-19. Sinas designated Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar as PNP officer-in-charge. The policeman’s death was announced by Senator Ronald dela Rosa in explaining the reason behind the suspension of the Senate session into the […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has tested positive for COVID-19. Roque made the announcement in a press briefing on Monday, March 15. According to Roque, the results were based on a test he took on Sunday, March 14, in time for the meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte later in the day. He said all his close contacts should go under quarantine. The Octa research group has noted an increase in COVID-19 cases in […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate will remain on semi-lockdown and sessions will end early, probably by 6 p.m., Senate President Tito Sotto said. Sotto made the announcement after three employees of the Senate’s in-house caterer tested positive for COVID-19. “Health protocols will be stricter,” he added. Over the weekend, a Senate advisory said that the Medical and Dental Bureau recommended the temporary closure of the executive lounge and canteen effective Monday, Mar. 15. The advisory […]
(Eagle News) — The driver of Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto passed away due to COVID-19. Sotto, who is now under quarantine with the development, made the announcement in a Facebook Live on Monday, March 15. “Nung nakaraang Biyernes ay nawalan tayo ng isang matalik na kaibigan dahil sa COVID-19, siya ‘yung driver ko kaya talagang close contact ako bagama’t sumusunod naman ako sa health protocols,” he said. “Nakikiramay tayo sa pamilya ni Kuya Vener, […]
(Eagle News)–Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 48,157 after the Department of Health reported 4,899 additional cases. The DOH said of the total active cases, 91.8 percent were mild, 4.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent were critical, 1.6 percent were severe, and 0.8 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 560,512 including the 13,371 additional ones. The death toll is now at 12829 including the 63 additional ones. The Octa research group has noted a surge […]
(Eagle News)–Ninety-nine more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. Philippine National Police data said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 active cases to 849. The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the PNP is now at 12,162. Fourteen additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 11280. One additional death pushed the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 33. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the pandemic. PNP chief Debold Sinas has […]
PHL Genome Center stresses need to prevent spread of P.3 variant to other regions, other countries (Eagle News) – The coronavirus variant P.3, which was first detected in the Philippines was the SARS-CoV2 mutation that was first observed in the Central Visayas region where there had been an observed spike in cases since January this year, according to the Philippine Genome Center (PGC). The PGC said that most of the nearly 100 samples where […]
