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(Eagle News) – The Philippines has so far administered 27.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in its vaccination drive, with over 12.4 million individuals already fully vaccinated. According to the National Task Force against COVID-19, the government has administered a total of 27,552,770 COVID-19 vaccine doses. “Of this figure, 15,092,332 Filipinos have received their first dose, while 12,460,438 individuals are now fully vaccinated,” it said in a post on Sunday, Aug. 15. Because of this, […]
(Eagle News) – New COVID cases continued to rise daily as the Department of Health reported 14,249 new virus cases on Saturday, Aug. 14, bringing the total of active cases to 98,847. This is the highest number of new cases in a single day so far since the transmission of the Delta variant was confirmed by the DOH. Total confirmed COVID cases in the Philippines have reached 1,727,231, including recoveries. New COVID-19 fatalities reported […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded 13,177 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Aug. 13, the second highest number of virus cases in the country in a single day. Because of this, the active COVID-19 cases in the country reached 96,395, while the total confirmed virus cases reached 1,713,302. New recoveries for Friday were 4,322 while those who died were 299. This death toll is is one of the highest recorded in a single […]
by Dessy SAGITA / Haeril HALIM Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Tirsa Manitik gave birth to her first girl in June and buried her a month later — another casualty of virus-battered Indonesia’s soaring child death toll. The Southeast Asian nation has been hit by its worst Covid-19 surge yet as the ultra-infectious Delta variant sent deaths skyrocketing and left a trail of devastated parents in its wake. “My heart is broken. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Thursday authorized an extra dose of Covid vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the country struggles to thwart the Delta variant. Emergency use authorization for a third injection of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines was granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulator. “The country has entered yet another wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the FDA is especially cognizant that immunocompromised […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation to extend the travel restrictions in 10 countries with high Delta variant cases, namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia until the end of the month. The travel restrictions were supposed to end on Aug. 15, but the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) decided to extend the current travel restrictions from Aug. 16 to Aug. 31 to […]
The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve the condition of hospitalised Covid-19 patients. Artesunate, imatinib and infliximab will be tested on thousands of volunteer patients in more than 600 hospitals in 52 countries. “Today we are pleased to announce the next phase in the solidarity trial called Solidarity Plus. Solidarity Plus will test 3 drugs: artesunate, a treatment for severe malaria, imatinib, a […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sydney posted a new record of Covid-19 infections Tuesday as the city struggles to control an outbreak that is sending other Australian regions into lockdown. New South Wales state announced 356 new cases, a fresh record for a Delta-variant outbreak that began in mid-June and continues to grow in a population with low vaccination rates. More than five million people in Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, are now in their seventh […]
Assures hospitals that Philhealth has the funds to pay claims https://youtu.be/ceTqhVcqJ2A (Eagle News) — Philhealth confirmed on Monday, Aug. 9, that it still has around P20 billion in unpaid reimbursements to private and public hospitals and that it is still reconciling its records on this amount. The Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) has earlier said that Philhealth’s unpaid reimbursements to private and public hospitals has reached P20 billion. Philhealth will have a dialogue tomorrow, Tuesday, […]
(Eagle News) — There is an increase in COVID-19 cases in all age groups, not just among children, the Department of Health said on Monday, Aug. 9. According to the DOH, in particular, there has been a 59 percent uptick in cases during the period of July 13 to 25 compared to the figure registered from July 26 to August 8. Among the age groups, the highest increase was observed among the 30-39 […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran reported over 500 daily Covid deaths for the first time on Sunday, its health ministry announced, as new infections also hit a record high. Iran registered 39,619 new infections in the 24 hours to Sunday, taking the total since the pandemic started to 4,158,729, the ministry said During that same period it recorded 542 deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 94,015, it added. Iranian health officials have acknowledged […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang placed the province of Bataan under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) starting Sunday, Aug. 8 until Aug. 22. This was the recommendation from the Inter-Agency Task Force which President Rodrigo Duterte has approved. Bataan is initially placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) until August 15, 2021. Because of this, the areas under ECQ are currently the following: Metro Manila, Laguna, Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro and Bataan. The ECQ in Metro […]
