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Anyone with symptoms only advised to stay home by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Denmark waved goodbye to facemasks and health passes Tuesday as it became the first European Union country to lift all of its domestic Covid curbs despite record numbers of cases of the milder Omicron variant. Only a few restrictions remain in place at the country’s borders, for unvaccinated travellers arriving from non-Schengen countries. After a first attempt […]
New recoveries at 24,210; total active cases down to 176,053 (Eagle News) – For the first time in four weeks, new Covid-19 cases were below 10,000 in the Philippines as new recoveries continued to exceed new cases on Tuesday, February 1. New Covid-19 cases on Tuesday dipped to 9,493 while new recoveries were 24,210. This brought the total active cases further down to 176,053 or 4.9 percent of total Covid-19 cases (3,569,665) since the […]
Green, Yellow, Red risk classification of countries dropped effective today, Feb. 1, as int’l leisure travel to PHL allowed (Eagle News) – The Philippine government explained that its decision to allow fully vaccnayed international leisure travelers to come into the country and not undergo facility-based quarantine anymore is based on scientific data and had been studied carefully. Starting today, Tuesday, February 1, the Green, Yellow and Red risk classification for countries based on their […]
By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19. “This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19,” Trudeau said on Twitter, “I’m feeling fine — and I’ll continue to work remotely this week while following public health guidelines.” Trudeau, who is 50, has been in isolation since last Thursday when one of his children tested positive for the infection. A second […]
Medical certificate stating passenger is no longer infectious needed, says Palace (Eagle News) – Internationally arriving Filipino travelers who recently recovered from Covid-19 but still tested positive in RT-PCR pre-departure tests could now enter the Philippines, according to Malacanang on Monday, January 31. What a traveler or passenger has to present is a “medical certificate issued by a licensed physician stating that the traveler has completed the mandatory isolation period, and is no longer […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported even lower new Covid-19 cases at 14,546 and more new recoveries at 26,500 on Monday, January 31. This is the third straight day of decreasing new Covid cases, and new recoveries exceeding new cases. On Sunday, January 30, the new cases were 16,953, while new recoveries reached 27,638. On Saturday, January 19, new cases hit 17,382 with 35,282 new recoveries. Because of this, the total number […]
DOH targets to vaccinate 15.5 million kids aged 5 to 11 for entire immunization rollout (Eagle News) – Children aged five to 11, both those with comorbidities or those with no comorbidities, could get vaccinated during the pilot run of the vaccination of minors in this age group from February 4 to 11, 2022, the Department of Health said. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that they target to vaccinate 15.5 million kids in this […]
Covid-19 positivity rate drops to 33.3 percent (Eagle News) – The Philippines posted 17,382 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, January 29, which were less than the previous day’s 18,638. There were also higher new recoveries at 35,382, or more than double the number of new cases today. The improving numbers contributed to a decrease in the total number of Covid-19 active cases – 213,587 from Friday’s 231,658. The number of total active cases is […]
Total active cases rise slightly to 231,658 (Eagle News) – For the second straight day, new Covid-19 cases inched higher on Friday, January 28, as the Department of Health recorded 18,638 new cases. The new cases were slightly higher than Thursday’s number of 18,191, and Wednesday’s (Jan. 26) 15,789 cases. But this time, it broke the six-day streak of new recoveries exceeding new Covid cases because on Friday, there were only 13,106 new recoveries. From […]
Alert Level 3 in these areas effectve until Feb. 15, 2022 (Eagle News) – Six more provinces were placed under Covid Alert Level 3 that would take effect today, Friday, January 28. These are Palawan, Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Tawi-Tawi and Sulu, according to Malacanang. Acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the escalation of alert level status of these provinces noting the rise […]
Total active Covid-19 cases decrease to 226,521 (Eagle News) – The country posted 18,191 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, January 27, slightly higher than the previous day’s 15,789 new cases. But even with the slight increase, the total active cases went down to 226,151 from 230,410 recorded the previous day, Wednesday. The total active cases on Thursday is 6.5 percent of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases of 3,493,447 in the country since the pandemic began […]
PHL posts 5.6 percent overall growth based on GDP for whole year of 2021 (Eagle News) – The Philippine economy grew further last year despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the highly debilitating Delta variant, as gross domestic product posted a growth of 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter. Because of this, the country’s GDP posted an over-all growth of 5.6 percent for the whole year of 2021, according to the latest data from the […]
