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Percentage of active cases at only 1.2 percent, the lowest so far since the pandemic (Eagle News) — The Philippines continued to post more than 2,000 new cases for the second straight day on Saturday, Nov. 6, as the country breached more than 2.8 million total cases, majority of which are recoveries. On Saturday, there were 2,656 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Department of Health. On Friday, Nov. 5, new cases posted were […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang announced a major victory on Friday after the Philippines breached its target of having 1 million individuals vaccinated in a day. This was after the country vaccinated a total of 1,119,389 individuals on Thursday, November 4, after the government started COVID jabs for kids aged 12 years and older. “Good news pa rin po: Lumampas na tayo sa isang milyon na nabakunahan sa isang araw. Ito ay nangyari po kahapon, […]
Agriculture, manufacturing, info and communication sector report biggest drop in employment (Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded its highest unemployment rate since January this year at 8.9 percent this September when the country was recording between 12,000 to more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day. The 8.9 percent unemployment rate came about after the number of unemployed in the Philippines increased from 3.88 million in August 2021 to 4.25 million in the succeeding […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines recorded only 1,591 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, Nov. 3, bringing the total active cases to 38,014, or just 1.4 percent of total COVID cases, the lowest so far since the pandemic began. This number, 1,591 new virus cases, is the lowest single-day record of new cases in nine months, or since Feb. 4 this year when new COVID cases then reported were just 1,590. New recoveries on Wednesday, […]
Directs Galvez, PNP, AFP to use planes, choppers to deliver vaccines to far-flung towns (Eagle News) — The Philippines has so far received almost 109 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the arrival of 2.7 million more Sputnik V doses from Russia. But President Rodrigo Duterte is worried with some glitches or faults in “the over-all picture of the vaccination.” “As of today, nearly 109 million doses have arrived in the country. It is […]
But rise in percentage of moderate, severe and critical cases seen (Eagle News) — The Department of Health recorded just 2,303 new COVID cases on Tuesday, Nov. 2, bringing total active cases to 40,786, the lowest number of active cases since early March. The total active cases on March 8 this year were just 39,330. On Tuesday, the percentage of active cases went down to 1.5 percent, a new record-low. But total active cases […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Netflix has removed two episodes of an Australian spy show from its streaming service in the Philippines after Manila objected to scenes showing a map with Beijing’s claims to the disputed South China Sea. China has long used its so-called nine-dash line to justify its claims over most of the resource-rich South China Sea, where the Philippines has rival claims. The Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday it had lodged […]
(Eagle News) — Taguig City started its COVID-19 vaccination rollout for the rest of the children aged 12 to 17 years on Tuesday, Nov. 2, ahead of the scheduled Nov. 3 rollout of the pediatric vaccination for the rest of the country. Minors aged 12 to 17 with no comorbidities can go together with their parents or guardians to the city’s mega vaccination hubs so they could be inoculated against COVID-19. The Taguig City […]
But highest percentage of moderate cases recorded (Eagle News) — The Department of Health recorded 3,410 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total active cases to just 45,233 as of Sunday, Oct. 31. The percentage of active cases is just 1.6 percent, the lowest so far. But the DOH also reported the highest percentage of moderate cases so far at 11.83 percent. New recoveries reported were 5,825 bringing total recoveries to 2,698,871, bringing the percentage […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang has released the approved and updated “Red, Green and Yellow list” of countries that will take effect on November 1 until Nov. 15. Under the new list, only one country – Latvia – remains under the “red list.” There are 46 countries, jurisdictions or territories under the updated Green List. These are the following: Algeria, American Samoa, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, China (Mainland), Comoros, Cook Islands, Eritrea, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), […]
Quarantine classifications for rest of PHL also bared for November (Eagle News) – Starting Monday, Nov. 1, more regions in the country would be placed under the Alert Level System, even as Metro Manila remained under Alert Level 3. Central Luzon (Region 3), Western Visayas (Region 6), and Northern Mindanao (Region 10) were included in the expanded coverage of the Alert Level System, Malacanang announced on Friday, Oct. 29. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said […]
Total Covid recoveries now over 2.68 million (Eagle News) – The Department of Health recorded 3,694 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Oct. 28, bringing down the total active cases to just 49,835. This is the first time in over three months that total active cases were below 50,000. The last time that this happened was on July 21 this year. The same number of below 50,000 was also registered last year before the surge […]
