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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 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — In his first White House briefing as President Joe Biden’s top advisor on Covid-19, Anthony Fauci said it was “liberating” that he could focus on science without fear of repercussion now that Donald Trump had left office. The top infectious disease scientist was briefing reporters Thursday on the state of the US outbreak that has claimed more than 408,000 lives. Asked to compare his experience under the previous administration […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s prime minister said he was “determined” to hold the Tokyo Olympics as organisers on Friday brushed off a report claiming officials think cancellation is inevitable. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s latest insistence that the postponed Games are on track comes after The Times cited an unnamed government source saying Japan has already shifted its focus to hosting in 2032. “I am determined to realise a safe and secure Tokyo Games […]
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) — The Quezon City resident who tested positive for the United Kingdom COVID-19 virus variant has now tested negative. The Quezon City government made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 22, nine days after the Philippine government announced the detection of the variant in the country following the QC resident’s test results. The local government said the doctors at the quarantine facility where he is staying, however, will make a final assessment before he […]
by Laura BONILLA CAL / Catherine TRIOMPHE Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden undid some of Donald Trump’s most controversial immigration policies and sparked cautious hope that millions living in the shadows could one day get legal status in the US. Scribbled signatures from his pen on Wednesday lifted an entry ban for people from many majority Muslim nations and halted construction of […]
(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) — A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to at times heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Sarangani, Maguindanao and Basilan. PAGASA said these conditions were expected in one to two hours. These conditions, the weather bureau said, are being experienced in portions of Misamis […]
(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 […]
