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(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate with occasional heavy rains are expected over the western portion of Leyte and Negros Oriental within one to two hours. PAGASA said these conditions are being experienced in Cebu (Central Cebu, Southern Cebu); southern portion of Eastern Samar; and the southern portion of Samar. PAGASA said these may persist within […]
Those coming for medical, emergency cases from those countries also allowed entry, bureau says (Eagle News) — Foreign diplomats and representatives of international organizations are exempted from the travel restrictions imposed on foreign travelers from the 27 countries subjected to travel restrictions following reports of the COVID-19 virus strain first monitored in the United Kingdom there. “Those with valid 9(e) visas may be allowed entry without the need of an exemption or authorization from the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Davao City. PAGASA said the LPA, located 240 kilometers east of the city, was embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Visayas and Mindanao. Apart from this, the northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. PAGASA said as a result, Visayas, Bicol Region, and MIMAROPA will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides […]
Galvez: 15,000 participants in Metro Manila set to join WHO Trial (Eagle News) — The Philippines will be one of two countries which will take part in the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trial this January, according to Philippine vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. The other country to take part in the WHO Solidarity Trial is Colombia. Galvez said 15,000 people from Metro Manila will participate this month in the WHO Solidarity Trial which […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country reached 482,083 on Thursday, January 7, after the Department of Health reported 1353 additional cases. Of the total COVID-19 cases, the DOH said 23,675 were active. Of these, 82.3 percent were mild, 8.4 percent asymptomatic, 5.8 percent critical, 3.1 percent severe, and 0.48 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Rizal with 63, Laguna with 62, Marikina with 60, Quezon City with […]
(Eagle News) — The traveler from the Philippines who tested positive for the UK COVID-19 variant in Hong Kong is an overseas Filipino worker. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, the 30-year-old female who took the Philippine Airlines flight to Hong Kong on December 22 was a domestic helper. Earlier, the DOH said she was from the Cagayan Valley and arrived on December 18 in Metro Manila. On December 19, she took the RT-PCR […]
(Eagle News) — Former Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali has passed away. He was 63 years old. In a radio interview, incumbent Oriental Mindoro Rep. Alfonso Umali said the cause of death was cardiac arrest. He said his brother had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in December last year, and in the same month, was diagnosed with Stage 3 liver cancer. He said the liver cancer worsened to Stage 4. He said his brother had been in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has added six countries to its list of countries subject to travel restrictions following reports of the more infectious COVID-19 variant there. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said foreign travelers coming from or who have been to Portugal, India, Finland, Norway, Jordan, and Brazil within 14 days preceding arrival in the Philippines will be refused entry to the Philippines starting 12:01 a.m. of January 8. Foreigners who arrive before January 8 […]
(Eagle News) — National Action Plan against COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said that the Philippine government will close a deal within the month with at least seven manufacturers of vaccines against COVID-19. “We are now on the advance stages on negotiations with Novavax, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Johnsons & Johnsons, Sinovac at Gamaleya. We hope to close the deal with these companies this month,” Secretary Galvez said in a press briefing on Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 480,000 mark on Wednesday, January 6, after the Department of Health reported 1047 additional cases. The DOH said of the 480,737 total cases, 22,690 were active. Of these, 81.8 percent were mild, 8.5 percent asymptomatic, 6 percent critical, 3.2 percent severe, and 0.52 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City with 79, Quezon City with 58, Laguna with […]
40 passengers in PR300 flight manifesto being contacted by PHL authorities (Eagle News) — Philippine authorities have started contact tracing of all passengers in the Philippine Airlines flight PR300 that arrived in Hong Kong on December 22 which Hong Kong health officials had identified as the plane which carried a traveler who was said to have been tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire disclosed this in a […]
(Eagle News) — The traveler from the Philippines Hong Kong authorities said tested positive for the UK COVID-19 variant presented a COVID-19 test that yielded negative results, Philippine Airlines said on Wednesday, January 6. In an advisory, PAL said the negative COVID-19 test showed by the passenger–whom it did not identify–was a requirement of the Hong Kong government for arriving travelers. PAL said it has turned over to the Philippine Bureau of Quarantine “the necessary […]
