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https://youtu.be/scA_iy6u2Dk (Eagle News) – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III led the vaccination of health workers at the Lung Center of the Philippines on Monday, March 1 using China’s donation of Sinovac vaccines. Duque wanted to be among those vaccinated, but because of his age, 64, this precluded him from getting the Sinovac jab. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that granted the emergency use authorization (EUA) said that it is recommending the Sinovac vaccine, […]
New confirmed cases rise to 2,240 bringing total to 559,288 (Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 deaths in the country reached 12,069 after 239 fatalities were reported on Saturday, Feb. 20, the highest number of deaths reported in a day so far this year. New confirmed cases also increased to 2,240, the highest daily toll this February, and the second highest this year. This brought the total number of confirmed cases as of […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBirIpxUUOg&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) — All those who had been infected with the mutated form of the COVID-19 virus in Central Visayas have all recovered after exhibiting mild symptoms, according to the head of the Philippine Genome Center. “All the cases in Central Visayas with the two mutations of concern exhibited only mild symptons and have been cleared,” said Dr, Cynthia Saloma, executive director of Philippine Genome Center, in a presser of the Department of […]
Investigation underway as “containment measures” put in place (Eagle News) – Health authorities found two new mutations of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, amid an alarming rise in cases in Cebu. The Department of Health regional office in Central Visayas referred to the two mutations as “variants of concern.” Dr, Mary Jean Loreche, the spokesperson of DOG region 7 said the two new mutations were what could be called “variants under investigation.” The DOH regional […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 555,163 after the Department of Health reported 1,744 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 31115 were active. Of these, 85.6 percent were mild, 8.6 percent asymptomatic, 2.5 percent critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.78 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 512,375 including the additional 412 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 11673, including the 96 additional ones. The government is gearing up […]
Different protocols of airlines prevented transport of samples from Visayas, Mindanao (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that due to lack of information such as samples from various areas in the country, it still cannot say if there already is ongoing community transmission of the so-called UK variant, or variant B.1.1.7 of the COVID-19 virus in the country. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that COVID-19 samples from areas in Visayas and Mindanao […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has detected the UK variant of the COVID-19 virus in 19 more cases in the Philippines. The Department of Health said the development brought the total COVID-19 cases with the UK variant in the country to 44. The DOH said the additional cases were part of the sixth batch of 718 samples sequenced by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center on February 8. “The sixth batch of samples were […]
One new case from Benguet is 84-year old man who died on Jan. 24 (Eagle News) – The Philippines now has a total of 25 detected UK variant cases, following the detection of eight additional cases, the Department of Health said Friday night, Feb . 5. One of the confirmed cases had died. This was an 84-year old man from Benguet who had no travel history nor any known contact with any UK variant case. […]
(Eagle News) — All passengers and drivers inside private vehicles are now required to wear face masks. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Health issued the final directive following calls for the government to reconsider. In a joint statement, the two agencies said the wearing of masks was mandatory for all individuals “regardless if they are from the same household.” Meanwhile, a driver alone inside a vehicle “may remove his/her face mask.” They […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines said it is looking forward to the acquisition of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines after the Lancet medical journal review that showed the Gamaleya vaccine was 91.6 percent effective against COVID-19. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that they are currently securing additional vaccine doses from Russia’s Gamaleya Institute. “Sa ngayon po, ongoing po ang negotiation natin and we are asking for some doses pero iyon po, sinasabi ko po […]
Unified COVID-19 vaccine registry to include those at risk, vulnerable to virus (Eagle News) — Philippine health care workers will be the first to be immunized against COVID-19 in the country, with the vaccinators also prioritized to be given the vaccine doses so they will be protected while they give the shots to other vulnerable sectors of the community. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the Department of Health is now in the […]
From 750 samples per week, PGC limited to testing only 48 samples last week (Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that the global shortage of reagents for genome sequencing has affected the country’s ability to do genome sequencing on COVID-19 samples in the country for testing on the UK variant B.1.1.7 and the South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV2. The DOH said that due to this deficiency, the Philippine Genome […]
