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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,087,885 on Friday, May 7, after the Department of Health reported 7733 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 66626 were active. Of these, 94.4 percent were mild cases, 2 percent asymptomatic, 1.1 percent critical, 1.5 percent severe, and 0.98 percent were moderate. Recoveries increased to 1003160 after the DOH reported additional 4227 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll breached the 18,000 mark, with […]
(Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the COVID-19 testing of inbound travelers on the seventh day of their quarantine. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said the IATF approved the moving of the testing from the fifth day of quarantine based on the recommendation of the Department of Health. “…No testing upon arrival… and completed 10-day quarantine here at the national level,” she said. After the […]
(Eagle News) — Passengers merely transiting through India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh will be allowed entry into the Philippines but will be required to undergo a strict 14-day quarantine. The Bureau of Immigration issued the statement as it announced the ban on travelers from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh takes effect starting today, May 7. The ban on travelers from India and those with a travel history to the country within 14 […]
(Eagle News) — Only five, not six, travelers from India tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health clarified on Thursday, May 6. According to the DOH, the five were among 149 passengers who had a history of travel to India from April 1 to 30 based on the Bureau of Quarantine, and who were allowed inside the Philippines prior to the imposition of the travel ban on passengers from that country. Of these,129 were returning […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Thursday acknowledged that there was an increase in the number of COVID-19 variants in the country but said this was due to “increased genomic biosurveillance activities.” The DOH made the statement as it announced there were 1,075 South Africa variant cases in the Philippines as of May 3. Apart from the B.1351 variant cases, it said there were so far 948 variant cases first detected in the […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-one more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional COVID-19 cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18457. Three more recoveries also pushed the COVID-19 recoveries to 11292. No additional fatality was reported, which means the death toll remains at 1147. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, […]
(Eagle News) — The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the Philippine National Police rose to 57 on Wednesday, May 5, after a police corporal succumbed to the disease. The PNP said the PNP’s 57th fatality was a 31-year-old assigned in Nueva Ecija. He tested positive on April 27 and was immediately brought to a quarantine facility. On May 3, the PNP said he was rushed to a nearby hospital due to difficulty of […]
(Eagle News) — Six travelers from India who arrived in the Philippines before the travel ban on travelers from that country was imposed have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the six were among 110 who were tested as part of protocol. Their samples have been sent to the Philippine Genome Center for whole genome sequencing. “Meron pong anim na hanggang ngayon ay nilo-locate pa rin natin (There are six others […]
(Eagle News) — All Bureau of Immigration offices in the NCR Plus area will continue to operate with a skeleton workforce until May 14. The bureau made the announcement about its offices in Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, and Rizal following the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine in those areas starting May 1. According to the bureau, all those immigration offices shall operate up to a maximum of 50 percent of the workforce […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-three more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18380. Four more have recovered, also pushing the recovery total to 11274. The death toll is now at 1147, with the addition of two deaths. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries and those under treatment saw a slight decrease […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel contracted COVID-19. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional 123 cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 20269. Of these, 1678 were active. Over 100, or 167, more recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 18535, No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 56. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) –Former San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez will again be admitted to the hospital due to COVID-19 and pneumonia. Former Senator JV Ejercito said his mother got a spot in the hospital after a week of waiting. “She was confined already last December after testing positive,” Ejercito said. Gomez first contracted the COVID-19 virus in 2020. She, however, recovered in December. Ejercito’s father, former President Joseph Estrada, also tested positive for COVID-19 in March. […]
