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(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, […]
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 […]
New cases added on Monday were 6,846, new recoveries at 8,193 (Eagle News) — The Philippines added 6,846 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, May 10, bringing to 1,108,826 the total COVID-19 cases in the country. Most of these cases however are recoveries at 92.9 percent. Total recoveries have in fact reached 1,030,367, with the addition of 8,193 new recoveries. Active cases with a total of 59,897 accounted for only 5.4 percent of total cases. Most […]
NCR, CALABARZON, C. Luzon are regions with most active cases and most new cases (Eagle News) – COVID-19 recoveries reached 1,003,160 amid a notable increase in virus cases in the past three days, as well as declining number of recoveries. Only 4,227 recoveries were added on Friday, much lower than Thursday’s 6,091 and the previous days’ average of 9,000 per day this May. On May 1, the recoveries reported were at its highest this month […]
(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) — 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 […]
Around 9k daily recoveries reported since May 1; active cases drop to 5.8 percent (Eagle News) – Total COVID-19 recoveries reached 993,042 on Wednesday, May 5, and could go beyond 1 million by Thursday, May 6, if the trend continues of around 9,000 new recoveries daily since the start of the month. The percentage of active cases on Wednesday also went down to 5.8 percent, while COVID-19 recoveries continued to surge. New cases recorded […]
(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 […]
PHL active COVID cases also decrease to 6.2 percent; over 5k new cases reported on Tuesday lowest single-day case since March 18 (Eagle News) – The country logged the highest percentage of recovered patients compared to the total number of COVID-19 cases in the last two months. The recorded percentage of recoveries at 92.2 percent is the highest so far since March 1 when the country recorded a percentage of 92.4 percent. Total recoveries […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine COVID-19 cases reached 1,067,892 on Tuesday, May 4, after the Department of Health reported 5683 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 66060 were active. Of these, 94.6 percent are mild, 1.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent critical, 1.5 percent severe, and 0.98 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 984210, including the additional 9028 ones. Ninety-seven more deaths also pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 17622. On Tuesday, health authorities […]
Lawmaker says reactions against Ivermectin use already expected as big business of pharma firms affected (Eagle News) – House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta defended the distribution of Ivermectin to a depressed community in Quezon City, including the doctors who helped them in the event called “Ivermectin Pan-three”. In an interview with the Eagle News Service program Balitalakayan aired on NET 25 on Tuesday, May 4, Marcoleta said he is expecting the barrage of criticisms […]
