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Duterte says China’s Sinovac donations will greatly help PHL economy (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte thanked China for its vaccine donations of 600,000 Sinovac doses to the country, after personally witnessing the vaccines’ arrival on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28. During the turn-over ceremonies at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Duterte said that he intends to make a “short visit to China” probably at the end of the year to personally thank […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country reached 576,352 on Sunday, Feb. 28, after the Department of Health reported 2113 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 29763 were active. Of these, percent 88.7 percent were mild, 5.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.6 percent were critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.93 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 534271, including the additional 9418 ones. The death toll rose to 12318, including the additional 29 ones. COVID-19 vaccine […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led Philippine officials in welcoming the arrival of the 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines donated by China to the country. The vaccines from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. arrived in the Philippines onboard a Chinese military plane at the Villamor Air Base (VAB) in Pasay City on February 28. President Duterte also oversaw the offloading of the crates containing the vaccine doses during the ceremonial turnover of the CoronaVac donations to […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has approved the implementing rules and regulations for the Advanced Passenger Information System. The Bureau of Immigration said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra gave the approval for the IRR of the program, which aims to strengthen the country’s border security. The bureau said the IRR have also been published in a newspaper of general circulation. Under the APIS, the names and personal details of passengers and crew members shall be forwarded […]
(Eagle News)–Twenty-two more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 10787. Fifty-five additional cases, however, also pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 11331. Of these, 513 are active. No additional deaths were reported. As such, the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 31. Uniformed personnel, including policemen, are among the priorities in a COVID-19 national vaccination program expected this year. […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government’s Inter-Agency Task Force against Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the use of China’s Sinovac vaccines for health care workers. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the IATF approved the recommendation of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) Roque said that the Department of Health’s Technical Advisory Group is also giving medical frontliners the option to choose the vaccine they want. “Sinabi nga sa briefing ng DOH kasama […]
(Eagle News) –Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas said the PNP is ready to transport the COVID-19 vaccines upon arrival in the Philippines. “All systems are in place to ensure the unhampered transport of the first shipment of COVD 19 vaccines that will arrive in the country,” he said. He noted the PNP Vaccination Plan Caduceus, in particular, which he said “will operationalize all security and public safety operations for the vaccine roll-out in […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers will persist in the country today, Feb. 28. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms are expected over Metro Manila and the rest of the country due to the easterlies affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Meanwhile, localized thunderstorms are affecting Northern Luzon. As a result, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 574,247 after the Department of Health reported 2,921 additional cases on Saturday, Feb. 28. The DOH said the total cases, 6.5 percent, 37093 were active. Of these, 89.2 percent were mild, 6.1 percent asymptomatic, 2.1 percent critical, 2 percent severe, and 0.69 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 524,865, including the 293 additional ones. Forty-two additional deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 12,289. President Rodrigo […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Feb. 28: MIAA said flight schedules may change at any given time. It also advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights. It said only those with the same will be allowed entry into the airport. The government has imposed some restrictions on entry into the Philippines amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected proposals […]
By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Canadians now have access to a third Covid-19 vaccine after Health Canada approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Friday. “This is very encouraging news. It means more people vaccinated and sooner,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference Friday. “With Pfizer, Moderna and now AstraZeneca, Canada will get to more than 6.5 million doses by the end of March.” “Vaccines will keep arriving faster and faster […]
President Duterte to witness vaccine turn-over (Eagle News) – More than half a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive in the country on Monday, March 1, according to Malacanang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that 525,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that will be delivered on Monday, were part of the COVAX Facility of the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are pleased to inform that the Philippines will receive 525,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines […]
