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(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government will rehire some 15,000 contact tracers to sustain the country’s contact tracing efforts. In a statement on Saturday, January 16, the DILG said the rehires will work for at least six months. “While the country’s COVID-19 response is significantly improving, we should sustain our contact tracing efforts especially with the reported entry of the new UK coronavirus variant into the country,” the statement said. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has cautioned foreigners against “travel exemption” scams as the Philippines added two more countries to its list of jurisdictions with travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the DFA said the department “does not collect any ‘travel exemption’ fee or charge whatsoever from foreign nationals permitted to enter the country in accordance with the protocols, directives, and exemptions laid down by the (Inter-Agency Task Force) […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has announced the inclusion of Hungary and the United Arab Emirates to its list of countries with travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The government said foreign travelers from these countries will be temporarily banned from entering the Philippines starting January 17 until January 31. Filipinos, on the other hand, who have been to the affected countries and jurisdiction in the last 14 days are required to undergo and […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reset oral arguments on the anti-terrorism law after an official and staff members of the Office of the Solicitor General tested positive for COVID-19. The arguments, which were supposed to be held on January 19, are now scheduled for February 2. at 2:30 p.m. “No further postponement will be allowed,” Clerk of Court Edgar Aricheta said. It was Solicitor General Jose Calida who requested the resetting of the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 496,646 on Friday, January 15, after the Department of Health reported 2048 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases, 27033 or 5.4 percent were active. Of these, 84.5 percent were mild, 7.4 percent asymptomatic, 4.9 percent critical, and 2.8 percent severe, and 0.42 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Bulacan with 98, Davao City with 89, Pangasinan […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants the next president of the country to be as firm as he is in stopping corruption in government. Duterte said this during Thursday’s (Jan. 14) inauguration of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 project which he said would hopefully ease the “horrendous traffic congestion” in the Philippine capital. The 75-year old Philippine leader said that he wanted to leave a legacy of infrastructure projects that would […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has extended the effectivity of travel restrictions on over 30 countries following reports of new COVID-19 virus variants there. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the restrictions, which were supposed to be lifted today, are now in effect until January 31. The following countries are covered by the restrictions: Denmark Ireland Japan Australia Israel The Netherlands China (including Hong Kong) Switzerland France Germany Iceland Italy Lebanon Singapore […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte inaugurated the third stage of the Metro Manila Skyway Project (MMSS-3) built to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, saying that with the completion of the project he hoped to make life a bit easier for the Filipinos amid the pandemic. “Today, the life of many may not really be very, very comfortable. But ang hiningi ko lang naman komportable lang na buhay. And if this will continue, […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more Filipinos abroad have tested positive for COVID-19 from the Middle East and Africa. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 120 additional cases from a single report pushed the COVID-19 total among Filipinos overseas to 13498. The DFA said the reported spike was due to late reports owing to privacy concerns in one country in the said region. No additional COVID-19 recoveries nor fatalities among Filipinos overseas were reported, […]
https://youtu.be/UEiz1rk-rz8 (Eagle News) — The Philippines is readying cold storage facilities for the expected COVID-19 vaccines that will be coming into the country by next month. Philippine vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that they have already identified the major hubs which already have cold storage warehouses that could store the vaccines. The central hub is in Metro Manila where millions of vaccine doses can be stored. From the Philippine capital, there will […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 494,605 after the Department of Health reported 1912 additional cases. The Department of Health said of the total COVID-19 cases, 5.2 percent or 25614 were active. Of these, 85 percent were mild, 6.4 percent asymptomatic, 5.2 percent critical, 2.9 percent severe, and 0.48 percent were moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 136, Quezon City with 107, Agusan del […]
(Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration has granted the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. FDA director-general Eric Domingo made the announcement on Thursday, January 14. With the decision, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is the first vaccine that can be administered legally in the Philippines. “The interim data from the ongoing Phase 3 trial shows the vaccine has an efficacy rate of 95% in the study population and at least 92% […]
