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(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 3,574 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest record of new virus cases this year as the Covid-19 positivity rate dropped further to 16.3 percent. There were also more new recoveries at 14,644 and 83 new Covid fatalities on Tuesday, February 8. This brought the number of total active cases to 105,550 or 2.9 percent of the total confirmed cases of 3,619,633 since the pandemic began in March […]
Decision is backed by data that jabs are safe for kids, says DOH; also cites backing of experts’ groups, and two major pediatric societies in the country (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that it would push through with the vaccination of 5 to 11 year old children on Monday, February 7. In a statement on Sunday, February 6, the DOH said that the Philippines would be joining countries like the United […]
DOH reports 8,564 new cases, 10,474 new recoveries; positivity rate down to 24.3 percent (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 8,564 new Covid-19 cases and 10,474 new recoveries on Friday, February 4, the seventh straight day that new recoveries exceeded new cases. This brought down the total active cases to 151,389 or 4.2 percent of total confirmed Covid-19 cases since March 2020. On Thursday, the DOH reported 15,290 new recoveries and 8,702 […]
Number of new recoveries exceed number of new Covid cases for sixth straight day (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported a slightly higher number of new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, February 3, at 8,702, from Wednesday’s 7,661. There were still more new recoveries than new cases nationwide for the sixth straight day. On Thursday, the DOH reported 15,290 new recoveries. This is, however, much less than the number of new recoveries on […]
Specially formulated Pfizer vaccines for this pediatric age group to arrive on Friday night, Feb. 4, instead of Thursday, Feb. 3 (Eagle News) – The vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old was moved to Monday, February 7, instead of its original schedule on Friday, February 4, due to “logistical challenges,” according to the Department of Health. The specially formulated vaccines for this pediatric age group would be arriving on Friday night, […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines posted lower new Covid-19 cases at 7,661 on Wednesday, February 2, and 23,392 new recoveries. This is the fifth straight day of decreasing new cases, and also the fifth day that new recoveries exceeded new cases. On Tuesday, February 1, new cases went down to 9,493, the first time in four weeks or 28 days to be exact that reported new Covid cases were below 10,000. Total active cases […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health has issued guidelines on the use of self-administered antigen test kits, recommending these only for those with Covid-19 symptoms to be taken “within seven days from onset of symptoms.” In the Department’s Memorandum No. 2022-0033, the DOH said that “only self-administered antigen test kits approved by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and validated by the Reasearch Institute for Tropical Medicine may be used.” The FDA […]
New recoveries at 24,210; total active cases down to 176,053 (Eagle News) – For the first time in four weeks, new Covid-19 cases were below 10,000 in the Philippines as new recoveries continued to exceed new cases on Tuesday, February 1. New Covid-19 cases on Tuesday dipped to 9,493 while new recoveries were 24,210. This brought the total active cases further down to 176,053 or 4.9 percent of total Covid-19 cases (3,569,665) since the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported even lower new Covid-19 cases at 14,546 and more new recoveries at 26,500 on Monday, January 31. This is the third straight day of decreasing new Covid cases, and new recoveries exceeding new cases. On Sunday, January 30, the new cases were 16,953, while new recoveries reached 27,638. On Saturday, January 19, new cases hit 17,382 with 35,282 new recoveries. Because of this, the total number […]
DOH targets to vaccinate 15.5 million kids aged 5 to 11 for entire immunization rollout (Eagle News) – Children aged five to 11, both those with comorbidities or those with no comorbidities, could get vaccinated during the pilot run of the vaccination of minors in this age group from February 4 to 11, 2022, the Department of Health said. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that they target to vaccinate 15.5 million kids in this […]
Covid-19 positivity rate drops to 33.3 percent (Eagle News) – The Philippines posted 17,382 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, January 29, which were less than the previous day’s 18,638. There were also higher new recoveries at 35,382, or more than double the number of new cases today. The improving numbers contributed to a decrease in the total number of Covid-19 active cases – 213,587 from Friday’s 231,658. The number of total active cases is […]
Total active cases rise slightly to 231,658 (Eagle News) – For the second straight day, new Covid-19 cases inched higher on Friday, January 28, as the Department of Health recorded 18,638 new cases. The new cases were slightly higher than Thursday’s number of 18,191, and Wednesday’s (Jan. 26) 15,789 cases. But this time, it broke the six-day streak of new recoveries exceeding new Covid cases because on Friday, there were only 13,106 new recoveries. From […]
