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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health is reserving its comment on what Russia has touted as the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V. In a television interview, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Phase 3 of the clinical trials needed to be completed first. Apart from Sputnik V, she said the country was looking at five other possible vaccines. Meanwhile, clinical trials in the Philippines for Japan’s antiviral drug Avigan will run for nine […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has cautioned the public against fake contact tracers amid the COVID-19 health crisis. The DOH said the individuals claim to represent the agency, “maliciously” ask for personal information, only to extort money in the process. “The public is advised to be vigilant and not entertain these calls. Do not put your security at risk,” the DOH said. The agency noted it does not have a contact tracing team […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ total COVID-19 cases continued to spike, reaching 136,638 cases, with the addition of a new record-high of almost 7,000 new cases on Monday, Aug. 10. With this number, the country continued to lead in number of cases in Southeast Asia, widening its margin with Indonesia which has the second highest number of cases at 127.083. The Philippines has 9,555 cases more than Indonesia. New cases added on Monday were […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 122,000 mark on Friday, Aug. 7, after the Department of Health reported 3379 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 122754, 53734 were active cases. Of these, 91.4 percent are mild, 7.3 percent are asymptomatic, 0.7 percent severe, and 0.5 percent critical. The DOH said the 3379 cases reported today were from tests done by 89 out […]
(Eagle News) – The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country surpassed 50,000 on Thursday, Aug. 6, as the total number of cases breached 119,000. The Department of Health’s latest update showed that active virus cases reached 50,473 but 90.9 percent of these are only mild, while 7.8 percent are considered asymptomatic. Total COVID-19 cases reached 119,460 with the addition of 3,561, which was roughly the same as Wednesday’s (Aug. 5) 3.462 cases. […]
PHL now country with most COVID-19 infections in Southeast Asia (Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 119,000 mark on Thursday, Aug. 6, after the Department of Health reported 3561 cases on the same day. With the 119,460 total COVID-19 cases, the Philippines officially takes Indonesia’s spot as the country with the most number of COVID-19 infections in Southeast Asia. As of Thursday, Indonesia has 118,753 COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 106,000 mark on Monday, Aug. 3, after the Department of Health reported 3,226 cases on the same day. According to the DOH, of the 106330 total COVID-19 cases, 38,405 were active. Of this, 90.3 percent are mild, 8.2 percent are asymptomatic, 0.9 percent are severe, and 0.6 percent are critical. The DOH said of the 3226 newly-announced cases, 1541 come […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s COVID-19 cases spiked to 98,232 on Saturday, August 1, with the addition of a new record-high of 4,963 new cases, the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. Cases continued to rise fast. On Thursday, July 31, additional cases were 4,063, and the previous day, new cases were 3,954. The health care system is increasingly compromised as COVID-19 beds, particularly in Metro Manila, are almost occupied with patients. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Dutete assured the public that his government has plans in place to acquire COVID-19 vaccines as soon as these have passed clinical trials and approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the respective countries where they are being developed. President Duterte said the country would be able to go back to normal by December, as by that time, most likely there is already a vaccine against the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported “danger zone” levels for COVID-19 bed occupancy in Metro Manila and the CALABARZON region or Region 4-A, as more than half of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients nationwide are being occupied. The department aired the warning call as nationwide the 52.3 percent occupancy for all COVID beds was reached as of July 26, which means the whole country entered the “warning zone” level for COVID-19 bed […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country on Monday, July 27, breached the 82000 mark after the Department of Health reported 1657 cases on the same day. The DOH said of the 82,040 total cases, 53649 were active cases. Of this, 90 percent were mild, 9.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.5 percent severe, and 0.4 percent critical. Of the 1657 newly-announced cases from tests done by 59 out of 90 labs, the DOH […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Monday, July 27, said a second COVID-19 wave has yet to hit the Philippines. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire made the clarification as COVID-19 cases breached the 80,000 mark on Sunday, July 26. So far, there are 80,448 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. “As to the second wave, nag-aaral tayo, pero wala pa tayong naide-declare na ganito, hindi pa rin natin nakikita na meron tayong ganyan,” […]
