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(Eagle News) — The Philippines has logged over 600 more Delta variant cases, the Department of Health said on Monday, Oct. 18. According to the Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, apart from the 633 Delta variant cases, six Beta variant cases and three Alpha variant cases were found in the 748 samples that underwent genome sequencing on October 16. The DOH official said all cities and the municipality in Metro Manila were found to have […]
(Eagle News) — Over 300 more Delta variant cases have been detected in the Philippines. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, apart from the 339 Delta variant cases, 186 Beta variant cases, 98 Alpha variant cases, nine P.3 variant cases, and one Gamma variant case were detected in the latest genome sequencing of 748 samples. She said the samples analyzed had been collated from April to June. With the additional 339 Delta variant cases, […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Delta has all but elbowed out the three other Covid-19 variants of concern, which now represent a tiny fraction of the samples being sequenced, the WHO said Tuesday. “Less than one percent each of Alpha, Beta and Gamma are currently circulating. It’s really predominantly Delta around the world,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead on Covid-19. Delta “has become more fit, it is more transmissible and it […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Fully vaccinated people were 11 times less likely to die of Covid and 10 times less likely to be hospitalized compared to the unvaccinated since highly contagious Delta became the most common variant, US health authorities said Friday. The data came from one of three new papers published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all of which underscored Covid vaccines’ ongoing effectiveness against severe outcomes. For reasons […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bbnuhnu1c (Eagle News) – Balitalakayan interviews Dr. Benny Atienza, president of Philippine Medical Association (PMA) who stressed the importance of the public observing the minimum health protocols amid the continuing rise in Delta cases. He also explained the difficult situation that health and medical frontliners face amid rising Delta cases where almost all hospitals are full. Even non-COVID patients who are being treated in the hospitals are also affected by infections, Atienza said in […]
Total Delta variant cases in the country hits 2,068 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 279 additional Delta variant cases bringing the total infections for this variant to 2,068. All regions in the country are now affected by the Delta variant as the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) found five Delta variant cases in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “Of the additional 279 Delta variant cases, 245 […]
Lifting of restrictions to start on Sept 6; IATF also updates countries under “Green List”, approves “red,” “yellow” classification for countries depending on COVID-risk (Eagle News) –(Eagle News) – Starting Monday, Sept. 6, the current travel restrictions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia because of the Delta variant would be lifted. Malacanang announced this on Saturday, Sept. 4 after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US pediatric Covid hospitalizations have surged since Delta became predominant, but a new study that offers a first look at the relevant data suggests that fears the variant causes more severe disease are unfounded. The paper by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that between June 20 and July 31, 2021, unvaccinated adolescents were more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized than those who […]
Community transmission of Delta cases noted as it becomes dominant variant in PHL (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that COVID-19 cases could still peak by mid-September based on the rates monitored on the virus infections this August. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the department is also recommending the use of granular lockdowns, instead of regional lockdowns as a strategy to curb the increase and transmission of the Delta […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as investors tried to assess whether the global recovery will be resilient enough to withstand the fast-spreading Delta Covid variant, with optimism being tested by the stuttering rollout of vaccines and a spike in infections in some countries. China’s drive to tighten its grip on the world’s number two economy with a swathe of new regulations for private enterprises is also weighing on sentiment, while […]
Total COVID deaths breach 33K; positivity rate hits record-high of 27.5 percent (Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded 19,441 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day tally since the pandemic began last year. The total deaths since COVID-19 began also reached 33,008 with the addition of 167 new fatalities on Saturday, Aug. 19. Total active cases have reached 142,679 or 7.4 percent of the total COVID-19 cases. Total COVID-19 cases hit 1,935,700 as of Saturday, […]
by Françoise KADRI / Paul RICARD Agence France Presse As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether the long-held goal of achieving herd immunity from Covid-19 through vaccination is still viable. Herd immunity is achieved when a certain threshold of the global population has either been inoculated against a pathogen or has recovered from infection. But whether or not it is achievable with Covid-19, with the regular emergence of more […]
