covid

PHL records only 665 new COVID-19 cases, lowest since July 2020; total active cases down to 16k

    (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported only 665 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, November 29, the…

Amid Omicron variant threat, Palace reminds Filipinos to get COVID shots in nat’l vaccine drive which starts today

"Bayanihan Bakunahan" target revised to 9 million for 3-day campaign; 2nd round set on Dec. 15 to 17   (Eagle…

G7 ministers meet as new Covid strain spreads around the globe

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- G7 health ministers were to hold an emergency meeting Monday on the new Omicron Covid-19…

First image of Omicron shows many more mutations than Delta

    ROME, Italy (AFP) -- The new Covid variant Omicron has many more mutations than the Delta variant, according…

What is known so far about new Covid variant Omicron

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South African scientists have discovered a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, with multiple mutations that…

US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern

by Daniel Woolls with AFP bureaus The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to…

B.1.1.529 declared Covid ‘variant of concern’, renamed Omicron

https://youtu.be/Nf_0F1bGvXc   The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19, first detected in southern Africa,…

PHL reports 863 new COVID cases, 2nd lowest number of single-day new cases this month

Total active cases at 17,853 or 0.6 percent of total COVID cases   (Eagle News) – The Philippines reported 863…

Israel finds case of Covid strain first detected in South Africa

JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) --- Israel has identified a case of a Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations first…

Europe rushes to bolster virus defences as South Africa detects new strain

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Governments across Europe rushed on Friday to bolster their defences against a fresh coronavirus…

Fears over new Covid variant hit Asian markets, oil prices

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Asian markets and oil prices sank while safe havens rallied on Friday over fears of…

Over 43% of target population in PHL fully vaccinated a week before Nat’l Vaccination campaign – Palace

Pres. Duterte pushes full support for Nov. 29-Dec. 1 "Bayanihan, Bakunanahan" which aims to vaccinate 15 million Filipinos to achieve…

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