Tag: covid

26 more overseas Filipinos test positive for COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Twenty-six more overseas Filipinos tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18607. No additional recoveries nor fatalities were reported, which means the recovery total and death toll due to COVID-19 among overseas Filipinos remain at 11369 and 1162, respectively. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries and fatalities saw a slight […]

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PCG rescues 2 DOH personnel, 4 others transporting COVID-19 vaccines after boat carrying them capsizes off Quezon

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard rescued six individuals transporting COVID-19 vaccines off Quezon after their boat capsized on Friday, May 14. In a statement, the PCG said the service boat of the Department of Agriculture capsized approximately 100 meters away from the shoreline of Barangay Ungos, Real, Quezon at  7:55 a.m., after it accidentally hit a concrete post. The two Department of Health  personnel, two police officers of the Municipal Police Station in  Polillo, […]

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Don’t vaccinate kids, but give doses to Covax: WHO chief

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The WHO urged wealthy countries Friday to stop vaccinating children against Covid-19 and instead donate doses to poorer nations, while warning that the pandemic’s second year looked set to be more deadly. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced outrage that a number of rich countries were now vaccinating children and teenagers, while poorer states had barely begun vaccinating health workers and the most vulnerable groups. Instead of offering […]

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Pres. Duterte tells Filipinos,”forego” fiestas amid still raging pandemic

“There is no way of knowing how long this (pandemic) would last,” he says   (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte again appealed for everybody to avoid mass gatherings and observe minimum health protocols as Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces of Bulacan,Cavite, Laguna and Rizal were placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions. President Duterte noted that May is the month of “fiestas” but that these should be forgone for now amid […]

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DOH reports 6,784 more COVID-19 cases; total at 1,131,467

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines are now at 1,131,467 after the Department of Health reported 6,784 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 58986 were active. Of these, 93.5 percent were mild, 2.3 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.8 percent severe, and 1.13 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,053,523 including the additional 2972 ones. The death toll climbed to 18958, including the additional 137 deaths. The DOH has said […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 1,124,724 with addition of 6,385 cases

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1124724 on Thursday, May 13, after the Department of Health reported 6385 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 55260 were active. Of these, 93.3 percent were mild, 2.2 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent critical, 1.9 percent severe, and 1.18 percent were moderate. Over 4000–or 4289–additional recoveries pushed the recovery total to 1050643. The death toll is now at 18821, including the 107 additional ones. […]

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India Covid deaths soar past 250,000

    NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s coronavirus death toll surpassed 250,000 on Wednesday, official data showed, as the pandemic raged across the vast country of 1.3 billion people. According to the health ministry, 4,205 people died in the past 24 hours — a new record — taking total fatalities to 254,197. The number of cases rose almost 350,000 to 23.3 million, the second-highest after the United States. While the pandemic is easing in […]

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Convicted drug queen Yu Yuk Lai dies due to COVID complications, says BuCor

(Eagle News) – Convicted “drug queen” Yu Yuk Lai died on Tuesday morning, May 11, due to “acute myocardial infarction” or heart attack after she tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). Yu has been confined at the East Avenue Medical Center since May 4. She died at 9:47 a.m., Tuesday, May 11, after her COVID-19 condition became critical, according to BuCor Spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag The drug queen was convicted in […]

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PHL total active cases drop to 56,752, or 5.1 percent of total COVID-19 cases

4,734 new cases, 7,837 new recoveries posted; Total recoveries reach 1,038,175   (Eagle News) – The number of new COVID-19 infections dropped to 4,734 on Tuesday, May 11, bringing the percentage of active cases to just 5.1 percent. Total active cases reached 56,752 while total recoveries were 1,038,175 or 93.2 percent of total cases.  New recoveries added were 7,837.  Total COVID-19 cases reached 1,113,547. According to the Department of Health, most of the active cases […]

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Galvez “very confident” general public can get COVID vaccines by July

  (Eagle News) — The Philippine government is confident that the vaccination for the general population can start by end of June or July once vaccine doses that have been delivered to the country reached 25 million. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said that by June, the vaccine deliveries would have reached 20.5 million doses as more doses from Pfizer, Sinovac, Sputnik, AstraZeneca would have arrived by then, including the first batch of the […]

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DFA: Gensan consular office to remain open despite intensified border lockdown

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in General Santos City will remain open despite an intensified border lockdown throughout the city until May 20. The DFA said applicants with confirmed appointments but are affected by the limited entry from either intra-zonal (within Region XII) or extra-zonal travels (coming from outside Region XII) to essential travels, however, need to secure another appointment by emailing CO General Santos ([email protected]). The DFA said they should email […]

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193k initial Pfizer doses arrive in the PHL

Pfizer doses to be distributed to Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, other major cities that can handle jab’s -70 °C storage requirement   (Eagle News) — The initial 193,050 doses of the Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country on Friday night, May 10. This was part of the first batch of a total of 1.3 million doses of Pfizer vaccines from the World Health Organization’s COVAX Facility expected this month, according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., […]

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