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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 509,887 on Friday, Jan. 22, after the Department of Health reported 2,178 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases so far, 6.3 percent or 32,031 were active. Of these, 83.6 percent were mild, 9.5 percent asymptomatic, 4.1 percent critical, 2.3 percent severe, and 0.42 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 148, Bulacan […]
Millions of vaccine doses can be stored in current facilities (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the country will have enough cold chain storage facilities for the expected doses of COVID-19 vaccines expected to arrive starting next month. The storage facilities currently in the country already have the capacity to store millions of doses of vaccines which have a temperature requirement of between 2°C to 8°C, between -15°C to -25°C, and […]
(Eagle News) — Fourteen individuals who were contacts of the Quezon City resident who tested positive for the UK COVID-19 virus variant upon arrival in the Philippines have so far tested positive for COVID-19, Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire said on Friday, Jan. 22. According to Vergeire, of the 14, eight were Emirates flight passengers who tested positive upon arrival in the Philippines on Jan. 7. Four–including the index case’s girlfriend–were also the index case’s co-passengers […]
(Eagle News) — Individuals coming from countries with travel restrictions will have to undergo a second RT-PCR test on their fifth day of quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the new requirement for people coming from or transiting through the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, China and Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, South Africa, Canada, Spain, the United States, Portugal, India, Finland, Norway, Jordan, […]
(Eagle News) — Nine more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 13,633. Three more have recovered, bringing the total COVID-19 recoveries to 8748. No additional fatality was reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos in other countries remains at 944. The Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, […]
(Eagle News) — Licensure examinations scheduled from January to March this year are expected to push through. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved the request of the Professional Regulation Commission for the conduct of the same amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The PRC said the examinations scheduled this month were those for medical technologists, sanitary engineers and architects. The licensure exams for veterinarians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, […]
(Eagle News) — People aged 10 to 65 will soon be allowed to go out in modified general community quarantine areas, the Palace announced on Friday, Jan. 22. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the relaxed restrictions for MGCQ areas will take effect starting February 1. Roque said any person below ten years old and those who are over 65 years old, however, shall be required to remain in their residence at all times. “Yung […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Friday, Jan. 22, cautioned the public against any individuals using the name of the agency or agency officials to solicit money for projects. The DOTr said it does not authorize individuals or groups to solicit in any form for any purpose, and, in fact, strongly condemns such acts. The agency issued the statement following reports it received an individual representing a company was claiming his company was […]
(Eagle News) — Tree-planting is now mandatory for every Philippine Ports Authority contract or permit issued. This is according to the Department of Transportation, which supervises the PPA. The DOTr said in a statement issued on Thursday, Jan. 21, that the new requirement was based on PPA Administrative Order No. 14-2020, signed by PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago. The order takes effect on the 2nd of February after the required 15-day publication period. Under the […]
Says US has shown world how it is an “exemplar” for democracy (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte greeted the 46th United States President Joe Biden and his Vice-President Kamala Harris on Thursday, January 21, shortly after the inauguration of the top US officials, saying that the Philippines is looking forward to continuing its “long-standing partnership with the United States.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced this in a press briefing Monday, Jan. 21. “Our President, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 507,000 mark on Thursday, Jan. 21, after the Department of Health reported 1783 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the 507,717 total cases, 5.9 percent or 30,126 cases were active. Of these, 84.8 percent were mild, 8 percent asymptomatic, 4.4 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 99, […]
(Eagle News) — Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., had pushed through his meeting with selected senators on Wednesday night, Jan. 20, including Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, to reveal and explain details of the contracts being negotiated for the various COVID-19 vaccines to be delivered to the country. The meeting was also attended by Senators Panfilo Lacson and Ronald dela Rosa. The meeting was in accordance with the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte […]
