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(Eagle News) — Fifty-five more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the total COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad rose to 8682. Forty-eight new cases pushed the total to 13591, the DFA said. Six fatalities also pushed the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos abroad, now at 941. Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that senators who had been criticizing government negotiators and even health officials for including vaccines made by China in the Philippine government’s vaccine acquistiion program should look into recent reports about deaths associated with the Pfizer vaccine. Duterte in his latest Talk to the Nation revealed the news on more than 20 elderly people who died in Norway shortly after receiving Pfizer vaccines. “Gusto nyo yung Pfzer […]
Assures that vaccine prices negotiated by Galvez to still pass DOF, ADB scrutiny (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte directed national COVID-19 action plan chief administrator Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., to push through with the gpvernment’s plans on the acquisition of vaccines to avert any delays amid a threat by the Philippine Senate to investigate the government’s vaccine acquisition program. In his talk to the nation, President Duterte said that Galvez, who is also […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang defended the Philippine government’s bilateral negotiations on COVID-19 vaccine acquisition for the country, saying that almost all countries are doing the same thing. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that with the current global health emergency on the virus pandemic, the centralized acquisition of vaccines through the government is needed to systematize the procedure and to get the best possible deal. “Una, bakit gobyerno ang nag-aangkat ng bakuna? Well, tatandaan natin […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 502,736 after the Department of Health reported 2163 additional cases. Of the total cases, the DOH said 26839 or 5.3 percent were active. Of these, 85.8 percent were mild, 6.1 percent asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 0.44 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 134, Cagayan with 100, Quezon City with 99, Leyte with […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-five more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the PNP COVID-19 recovery total was now at 9087, with the additional recoveries. Seventy additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 9595. Of these, 480 were active. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 28. The government has said uniformed personnel–including policemen–were among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program. The […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, January 18. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao are expected to have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the low pressure area 100 km southwest of Cotabato City and the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Mindanao and Palawan. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Bicol […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 500,000 mark on Sunday, January 17, after the Department of Health reported 1895 additional cases. The DOH said of the total 500,577 cases, 24691 were active. Of these, 84.6 percent were mild, 6.6 percent were asymptomatic, 5.3 percent were critical, 3 percent severe, and 0.47 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 107, Quezon City with 106, Isabela […]
(Eagle News) — China has pledged to donate 500,000 vaccine doses to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA said China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the Secretary of China’s intention in a courtesy call to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday, January 16. The pledge was apart from China’s grant of 500 million Chinese renminbi to “finance livelihood projects, infrastructure facilities, feasibility studies for […]
(Eagle News) — Ten more Filipinos abroad have recovered from COVID-19. The Department of Foreign Affairs said with the additional recoveries, the COVID-19 recovery total among overseas Filipinos rose to 8627. Three additional COVID-19 cases pushed the total to 13543. No additional COVID-19 deaths were reported among overseas Filipinos abroad, which means the death toll remains at 935. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries and fatalities decreased to 63.70% and […]
(Eagle News) — Eighteen more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP COVID-19 total rose to 9062. Sixty-one additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 9525. Of these, 435 were active. No additional deaths were reported. The PNP COVID-19 death toll then remains at 28. The government has said uniformed personnel–including policemen–are among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program. The Food […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country reached 498,691 on Saturday, January 16, after the Department of Health reported 2058 additional cases. Of the total cases, the DOH said 28674 were active. Of these, 84.7 percent were mild, 7.7 percent asymptomatic, 4.6 percent critical, 2.6 percent severe, and 0.41 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Cavite and Rizal with 96 each, Leyte with 92, Quezon City with 85 and Mt. […]
