Risk Levels in Visayas HUCs. Downward trends observed in Lapu Lapu, Ormoc, Tacloban, Bacolod, Cebu City, Iloilo City, Mandaue. The first three are at high risk while the latter four remained at very high risk. Wishing the best for Visayas. @dzbb @allangatus @DZAR1026 @dzrhnews pic.twitter.com/qjuMqR1qfr — Dr. Guido David (@iamguidodavid) February 2, 2022 (Eagle News) – A downward trend in Covid-19 cases has been observed in some cities in the Visayas region, but several […]
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PHL new Covid cases drop below 10K for the first time in 4 weeks at 9,493
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 […]
PHL gov’t, health advisers explain scientific data, soundness of lifting of travel ban for fully vaxxed tourists
Green, Yellow, Red risk classification of countries dropped effective today, Feb. 1, as int’l leisure travel to PHL allowed (Eagle News) – The Philippine government explained that its decision to allow fully vaccnayed international leisure travelers to come into the country and not undergo facility-based quarantine anymore is based on scientific data and had been studied carefully. Starting today, Tuesday, February 1, the Green, Yellow and Red risk classification for countries based on their […]
DOH reports lower Covid cases for 3rd straight day at 14,546; total active cases drop to 190,818
(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 […]
Kids aged 5-11, both those with comorbidities and those without, could get Covid jabs in Feb. 4-11 pilot run
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 […]
DOH reports less new Covid-19 cases at 17,382, and more recoveries at 35,382
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 […]
PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat to PHL following strong quake off Kermadec Islands region
(Eagle News) — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. This is according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which issued the advisory following the 6.4-magnitude quake that struck the Kermadec Islands region north of New Zealand on Saturday, Jan. 29. According to PHIVOLCS, the quake hit at 10:46 a.m. It was at an approximate distance of 8472 kilometers from Manila. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency has also said there was […]
PHL new Covid-19 cases inch higher for 2nd straight day at 18,638; new recoveries lower at 13,106
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 […]
24 NCR sites to participate in Feb. 4-5 vaccination of kids aged 5-11, says Galvez
Specially formulated Pfizer jabs for 5-11 age group to arrive on Feb. 2 (Eagle News) — The Philippine government set February 4 and 5 as the vaccination days that would target children aged five to 11 in Metro Manila, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. During the vaccination rollout for the five to 11 year-old kids, at least 24 hospital and non-hospital based facilities would be participating. Specially formulated Pfizer vaccines for […]
PHL economy grows by 7.7 percent in 4th quarter of 2021 despite Delta variant, super typhoon Odette impact
PHL posts 5.6 percent overall growth based on GDP for whole year of 2021 (Eagle News) – The Philippine economy grew further last year despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the highly debilitating Delta variant, as gross domestic product posted a growth of 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter. Because of this, the country’s GDP posted an over-all growth of 5.6 percent for the whole year of 2021, according to the latest data from the […]
DOH finds 618 more Omicron cases; 497 are local cases mostly “stealth Omicron”
Omicron cases detected nationwide; DOH probing how Omicron sublineage BA.2 became predominant in PHL (Eagle News) – More Omicron variant cases have been detected in the Philippines at 618, which includes both the original Omicron lineage B.1.1.529, and its sub-lineages, BA.1 and BA.2 or the so-called “stealth Omicron.” The Department of Health (DOH) announced this on Thursday in the latest genome sequencing of the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the […]
DOH, PGC confirm Omicron sublineage BA.2 or “stealth Omicron” now dominant in PHL
More infectious Omicron sublineage BA.2 already detected in the 12 regions of the country, and most predominant in NCR, Calabarzon (Eagle News) – The Department of Health confirmed that the Omicron sublineage, BA.2, also known as the “stealth Omicron” is now the dominant Covid-19 variant in the country. “We have detected this in all the 12 regions of the country, said UP-Philippine Genome Center executive director Dr. Cynthia Saloma on Thursday, January 27 […]





