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(Eagle News)–Guests are not allowed to enter the Senate in the next three weeks as part of the body’s precautions amid the rising COVID-19 cases there that saw three senators contracting the virus in one week. According to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, only resource persons will be allowed to physically enter the Senate, with two limited per organization. These resource persons, he said, will have to present a negative RT-PCR COVID-19 test taken 24 […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,667,542 on Sunday, March 6, after the Department of Health reported 870 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the 870 new cases, 799 occurred within the recent 14 days. The top regions with the most additional COVID-19 cases in the recent two weeks were Metro Manila, with 212; Region IV-A with 126; and Region 6 with 80. Of the total detected COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives has suspended its plenary sessions for the rest of the week. In a statement, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the decision to suspend was arrived at due to the continuing increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. “Since the start of the year, more than 70 House members and employees have contracted the virus and many others are undergoing quarantine or self-isolation after exhibiting symptoms […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,843,979 after the Department of Health reported additional 2,961 cases on Friday, Dec. 31. The OCTA research group has said the COVID-19 reproduction rate was now at 2.19, the highest since July 2020. According to the DOH, the active cases also rose to 14233. Of the active cases, 628 were asymptomatic, 8365 were mild, 3197 were moderate, 1701 were severe, and 342 were critical. Recoveries […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Thursday, Dec. 30, called on the public to “act with utmost vigilance as if the highly transmissible Omicron variant is already here,” noting the doubling of newly-reported COVID-19 cases in the past two days. According to the DOH, despite the Philippines’ progress in vaccination, approximately 1.5 million senior citizens have yet to be vaccinated. It implored all families and caregivers to “facilitate immediate vaccination and boosting of all senior […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,833,878 after the Department of Health reported 544 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 14977 were active. Of these, 688 were asymptomatic, 7166 were mild, 3801 were moderate, 2433 were severe, and 889 were critical. Recoveries rose to 2,769,914 with the addition of 734 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 48,987, with the additional 235 deaths. Countries around the […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,206,021 on Saturday, Sept. 11, after the Department of Health reported a record-high of 26,303 more cases. The additional cases shattered Thursday’s record of 22,820 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 185,706 are active. Of these, 85.3 percent are mild, 10.2 percent are asymptomatic, 0.6 percent are critical, 1.3 percent are severe, and 2.56 percent are moderate. Recoveries rose to 1985337 […]
(Eagle News) — Laguna, Bulacan, and Cavite will be under a modified enhanced community quarantine from August 16 until August 31. According to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, the following areas will also be placed under the same community quarantine for the same period: Iloilo City Apayao Ilocos Norte Cagayan de Oro City Lucena City Rizal province Aklan Iloilo Province Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and Cebu City The following areas will be under a general community […]
(Eagle News) — More foreigners are now allowed entry into the Philippines. This was after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved the entry of foreigners with valid entry exemption documents issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs before March 22. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the approval is contained in the task force’s April 15 Resolution No. 110. Prior to the IATF resolution, only the following foreign nationals […]
(Eagle News) — The police will be deployed to enforce the common curfew Metro Manila mayors agreed on on Thursday night amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Paranaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Friday, March 12. In a televised briefing, Olivarez, also the Metro Manila Council chair, said border checks would take place once the common curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starts on Monday, March 15. Olivarez said violators would be penalized, based […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 547255 after the Department of Health reported 1960 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 34967 were active. Of these, 86.3 percent were mild, 8.7 percent asymptomatic, 2.2 percent severe, 2.3 percent critical and 0.64 percent were moderate. Recoveries climbed to 500781 including the additional 133 ones. The death toll rose to 11507 with the additional 12 ones. The government is eyeing COVID-19 vaccination of […]
(Eagle News) — The total number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide surpassed two million as global confirmed cases reached 93.5 million, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. As of 3 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, Philippine Standard Time, the total confirmed coronavirus deaths around the world have reached 2,003,625 while COVID-19 cases reached 93,580,828. This comes amid rising number of COVID-19 virus mutations that are more infectious than previous strains, prompting the World Health […]
