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(Eagle News) – Taguig City confirmed that it has one local case of the Delta variant. In its Facebook page, the city’s Safe City Task Force Head, Atty. Clarence Santos, said that they found 73 various COVID-19 virus variants in the city, and one of these was the Delta variant. The other variant cases detected were 26 Alpha variant cases (previously known as the UK variant), and 46 Beta variant cases (previously known […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine health officials warned Friday of a possible surge in coronavirus infections as the first locally transmitted cases of the highly contagious Delta variant were recorded and more than three million people went into lockdown. Eleven local cases of the more virulent strain have been detected, including two in the national capital region, the health department said, citing results of genome sequencing conducted this week. The cases dated back to […]
(Eagle News) – The country has fully vaccinated more than 3.5 million Filipinos as of Monday, July 12, while those given just first doses reaching 9.6 million. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, who also chairs the National Vaccination Operations Center, said that more than 13.1 million so far have been administered vaccines against COVID-19. She said that by end of July or in August, the country can administer 200,000 to 300,000 jabs per day. In […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine vaccine experts are now studying using Pfizer as a third dose or booster shot, according to the chair of the National Vaccination Operations Center. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that the Philippine government is in fact already preparing to get more Pfizer doses for this purpose by the end of the year in case a booster shot is indeed needed. Cabotaje said that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) […]
5,675 new cases bring total active infections to less than 50k, or just 3.4 percent of total COVID-19 cases (Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded 5,675 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing to 1,467,119 the total confirmed cases recorded so far in the country since the pandemic began. Of this number, only 3.4 percent are active cases, or a total of 49,968 which is one of the lowest percentages so far of active cases since […]
New COVID recoveries added were 7,698, the highest this past week (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ COVID-19 deaths breached 25,000 on Saturday, July 3, with the addition of 90 virus fatalities, even as the country continued to record low percentages of active COVID-19 cases. As of Saturday, July 3, the number of COVID-19 fatalities reached 25,063. The number of new fatalities reported on Saturday at 90 were still much lower than the previous day’s […]
Clinical trial for patients with moderate symptoms recommended (Eagle News) – A clinical trial involving the traditional herb “Lagundi” has showed that it was effective in eliminating symptoms of COVID-19 patients much earlier, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Those given ‘Lagundi” were also able to get back their sense of smell much earlier that the other patients who were not given the herb. DOST gave this report as it finished […]
DOH still to release list of “green” or low-risk countries, says Roque (Eagle News) – Malacanang has allowed a shorter quarantine period for international travelers who were fully vaccinated in the Philippines, “regardless of their travel history”, and those who were fully vaccinated in countries who stayed exclusively in the so-called “green” countries 14 days prior to their arrival in the Philippines. This decision will be implemented effective July 1, 2021. The quarantine period […]
One Delta variant case can infect up to 8 people (Eagle News) — Health experts described the “Delta variant” as “very scary” as it could infect up to eight people at a time, and could cause an “India-like surge” in the country. Among the variants, the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is the most infectious and is responsible for the third wave of COVID-19 cases in many countries, including the United […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded the lowest percentage of active COVID-19 cases this month on Monday, June 21, at 4.1 percent as the number of active cases decreased to 55,847. Total COVID-19 cases reached 1,364,239 in the country, but most of these are recoveries at 1,284,643 representing 94.7 percent of all COVID-19 cases as of Monday. Most of the active cases are still mild and asymptomatic at 95.5 percent, with 4.1 percent of them […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines detected 39 more COVID-19 variant cases in the country, including four cases of the Delta variant, the highly infection double mutation variant first found in India. This brings the total Delta variant cases in the country to 17. The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines – National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) also reported on […]
PHL active cases at more than 60k reported for 2nd straight day (Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded 8,027 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, June 12, the highest single-day new infections this month. Total active coronavirus cases in the country is now 60,341 or 4.6 percent of total COVID cases. This is also the second straight day that active cases are more than 60,000. On Friday, there were even more active cases at 61,345. […]
