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(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Monday, Dec. 27, reported another Omicron variant case, bringing the total cases of the variant of concern in the country to four. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, the fourth case was a 38-year-old female from the United States. The fourth case, Vergeire said, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on December 10 via Philippine Airlines PR 127. She experienced throat itchiness and colds on December 13, […]
From the previous interval of 6 months, boosters can now be administered 3 months after second primary vaccine dose (Eagle News) — Effective December 22, the interval for the administration of booster doses shall be shortened — from at least six months to at least three months after the full or second dose of the primary vaccine, according to the Department of Health. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the shortened interval between the second […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Monday, Dec. 20, reported another Omicron variant case, bringing the total number of detected variant cases in the country so far to three. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, apart from the additional Omicron variant, 496 cases of the highly contagious Delta variant and one additional Alpha variant case were reported. Vergeire said the third Omicron variant case was a 36-year-old returning overseas Filipino (ROF) who arrived from Qatar […]
COVID-19 positivity rate down to below 1 percent for the first time (Eagle News) – The Department of Health recorded only 235 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, December 14, with 780 new recoveries and only 10 new deaths. The 235 new COVID cases on Tuesday represented a new record low for virus cases reported in a single day for this year. Because of this, the total active COVID-19 cases have gone down to just […]
Positivity rate down to just 1.1 percent as COVID deaths breach 50K (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ total active COVID-19 cases went further down to just 11,373 as only 356 new cases were reported on Saturday, December 11, with new recoveries reaching 878 or more than double the new cases. According to the Department of Health (DOH), the country’s positivity rate has also gone down to just 1.1 percent, a new record low. The […]
But new COVID deaths still high at 171 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health recorded 370 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, December 8, bringing the total active cases to just 12,510, the lowest so far since May 2020. On Tuesday, December 7, the new COVID-19 cases reported were even lower at just 356. The percentage of total active cases has also gone down to just 0.4 percent of total COVID-19 cases, the lowest since […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has located one of the eight travelers from South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first announced. With the development, Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said there are seven who remain unlocated. She said all are returning overseas Filipinos. According to the health official, the located traveler has so far tested negative for COVID-19 in the RT-PCR test. The person remains in home quarantine. The seven travelers who […]
New COVID cases at 603, new fatalities at 156 (Eagle News) – The Philippines total active COVID-19 cases were only 13,853 on Sunday, December 5, as active cases continued its downward trend, with only 603 new COVID-19 cases recorded that day. The total number of active COVID cases for Sunday ay 13,853 is the lowest since May 2020, or two months since the start of the pandemic. There are also more recoveries at 1,047 on […]
Over 9.9 million vaccinated in first five days of national vaccination campaign from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 (Eagle News) – The Philippines was able to vaccinate almost 10 million in the five days of extended national vaccination campaign, Bayanihan, Bakunahan, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the numbers vaccinated from November 29 to December 3 reached more than 9.9 million. The Department of Health said […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,833,878 after the Department of Health reported 544 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 14977 were active. Of these, 688 were asymptomatic, 7166 were mild, 3801 were moderate, 2433 were severe, and 889 were critical. Recoveries rose to 2,769,914 with the addition of 734 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 48,987, with the additional 235 deaths. Countries around the […]
(Eagle News) — Three travelers who arrived in the Philippines from South Africa, Burkina Faso, and Egypt have tested positive for COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the three were among the 253 travelers from South Africa, three from Burkina Faso, and 541 from Egypt who arrived in the Philippines from November 15 to November 29. She said the samples of the three who tested positive will be subjected to genome sequence testing to […]
(Eagle News) – Starting Friday, December 3, all fully vaccinated adults are eligible to receive COVID-19 booster shots, according to the Department of Health. In its advisory issued on Thursday, December 2, the DOH said that Filipinos 18 years old and above who received their primary COVID-19 vaccines can be given either homologous or heterologous boosters. Those who got Sinovac could be given a homologous Sinovac booster, or another vaccine brand –- AstraZeneca, Pfizer […]
