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(Eagle News) — Eight travelers who arrived from South Africa—which first announced the detection of the Omicron variant–have yet to be located. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, the eight were among the 253 individuals who arrived in the country before the Philippines imposed restrictions on travelers from South Africa and other adjacent countries amid the Omicron variant threat. She said 80 have so far been located. Of these, she said 71 ROFs and […]
Apayao under Alert Level 3, other areas under Alert Level 2 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under an alert level 2 until December 15. According to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the following will also be under the alert level for the same period: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Basilan, Cotabato City, Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Lanao del Sur, and Maguindanao. Cordillera Administrative Region: Benguet, Abra, Kalinga, Baguio […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has suspended the implementation of a resolution allowing the entry of fully vaccinated foreigners with visa-free privileges from countries included in the Philippines’ green list. The Palace made the announcement on the suspension of the implementation of Resolution 150-A on Monday, Nov. 29, following reports of a new COVID-19 variant in several countries, including Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, and Switzerland. The detection of the Omicron variant, classified as a variant […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 areas in the National Capital Region are under a granular lockdown, the Philippine National Police said on Thursday, Oct. 21. According to the PNP, the 105 areas under lockdown represent an increase from the 98 previously recorded. All 105 areas are located in 58 barangays. They include 57 houses, 28 residential buildings, 12 subdivisions or villages, and six residential building floors. According to the PNP, it has deployed 322 personnel and […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,713,509 on Saturday, Oct. 16, after the Department of Health reported 7,772 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 85048 were active. Recoveries rose to 257881 with the addition of 1634 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 40580, with the addition of 156 deaths. According to the DOH data, at least 48 percent of the 15,000 ward beds in the country […]
(Eagle News) — Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte has tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Sara Duterte confirmed the development on Monday, Sept. 27. “The congressman is now in isolation at a hospital while his family are also under quarantine at their residence,” the office the congressman said in a statement. According to the statement, the congressman is “not manifesting any severe symptoms.” Rep. Duterte represents the first district of Davao City. He is the eldest son […]
It’s “shocking beyond belief and must be condemned for what it is, a selfish act that can neither be justified rationally nor morally,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (Philippine time) assailed talk of COVID-19 booster shots in rich countries even as poor countries “wait for trickles” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The now talk of booster shots while developing countries consider half doses just to get by — this is shocking […]
Consular office operations suspended until Sept. 24 (Eagle News) — Operations in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in Clarin Town Center in Misamis Occidental are suspended until September 24. The DFA said this was after several of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. The department, however, did not say how many contracted the virus. It said the suspension of operations starting Sept. 21 would allow for a thorough disinfection of its premises and […]
(Eagle News) — Operations in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in the National Capital Region-West or SM Manila remain suspended on Tuesday, Sept. 21. According to the department, the suspension, which took effect on Monday, Sept. 20, was after seven of the consular office’s employees tested positive for COVID-19. Others have been identified as close contacts. The DFA said the suspension of operations would pave the way for a thorough disinfection of its […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila quarantine classifications are now only down to two: the enhanced community quarantine and the general community quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement after he said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases had “provisionally” approved the guidelines for the pilot implementation of the alert level system under granular lockdowns in the National Capital Region. “Ang pupuwede at hindi pupuwede ay depende po sa alert […]
“We have not received any visitors at all,” Gentle Hands Inc. executive director says (Eagle News) — The agency managing the orphanage where 111 children tested positive for COVID-19 denied the virus came from an asymptomatic person who visited the orphanage, as claimed in some media reports. Charity Graff, executive director of Gentle Hands Inc., said “we have not received any visitors at all, due to the fact that some of the children are immunocompromised […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs Consular Office in SM Megamall will remain closed from Sept. 6 to 10. According to the DFA, this was to allow for a disinfection of the premises and to comply with the isolation and quarantine guidelines imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Department of Health after 11 of its personnel tested positive for COVID-19. Affected applicants for the period will be […]
