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Nine of 12 new local Delta cases found in Metro Manila, 3 in CALABARZON (Eagle News) — At least 17 more Delta variant cases were detected by the Department of Health, 12 of which are local cases, bringing to 64 the total Delta variant cases as of Saturday, July 24. Nine of the local cases have addresses in Metro Manila, the DOH said. The Philippine Genome Center and the National Institutes of Health of […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines became the world’s first country Friday to approve the commercial production of genetically modified “golden rice” that experts hope will combat childhood blindness and save lives in the developing world. A biosafety permit issued by government regulators paves the way for the rice — enriched with the vitamin A-precursor beta-carotene to make it more nutritional — to be grown by farmers across the country, its developers said. “It’s […]
DOH also confirms local transmission of Delta variant in PHL as more local Delta cases detected (Eagle News) – The reproduction number of COVID-19 in Metro Manila has increased to 1.21 which means there is now a high COVID-19 transmission in the Philippine capital, according to the OCTA Research. Dr. Guido David, OCTA Research Fellow, in an interview with the Eagle News Service program “Balitalakayan” said the increase in the reproduction number in Metro […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines received over half a million Pfizer doses and another 1.5 million Sinovac doses as of Thursday, July 22, bringing to nearly 30 million doses the total COVID-19 vaccines delivered to the country since February. The 562,770 doses of government-procured Pfizer-BioNTech anti-COVID vaccines arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night, July 21, via DHL Flight LD457. This was part of the 40 million Pfizer doses which the national government secured […]
(Eagle News) – The Deparment of Interior and Local Government is set to issue a memorandum that would give additional instructions to all local government units (LGUs) nationwide amid the entry of the highly aggressive Delta variant in the country. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said all barangays, municipalities, cities would be instructed to intensify efforts in preventing mass gatherings as these are potential super-spreader events that could lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases. […]
More than 10.3 million already received first COVID-19 vaccine doses (Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 15 million Filipinos as the total vaccines delivered in the country reached more than 27.9 million doses. Philippine vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez reported to President Rodrigo Duterte on July 19, that there were around 15.1 million total vaccine doses that had already been administered. Of this number, more than 10.3 million (or 10,388,188) […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,517,903 after the Department of Health reported 4,516 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 46806 were active. Of these, 91.7 percent were mild, 2.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.6 percent critical, 2.7 percent severe, and 1.9 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1444253, including the additional 5240 recoveries. The death toll is now at 26844 including the additional 58 deaths. On Monday, President […]
Says entry of more aggressive Delta variant should be a “cause for serious alarm” for the public (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to be stricter in ensuring that minimum health protocols are followed by the public to “fight the threat of the Delta variant.” Duterte also raised the possibility of imposing more restrictions, including restrictions on gatherings and […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health confirmed that at least one of the 11 local cases of the Delta variant has been fully vaccinated, while two were aged 18 and below. Health Director Alethea de Guzman of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau said that one of the 11 local Delta variant cases had already been fully vaccinated, while the rest either did not yet get jab or did not get the full two doses. […]
Over 5.85M vaccine doses delivered in 2 days bringing total jab doses in PHL to over 26M (Eagle News) In a span of two days, the Philippines received over 5.85 million doses of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines including the 3.2 million doses of Johnson and Johnson’s single-shot Janssen vaccines that arrived on Friday, July 16, and Saturday, July 17. Among the recent vaccine deliveries were the 1.15 million AstraZeneca doses which arrived on Friday morning, and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine health officials warned Friday of a possible surge in coronavirus infections as the first locally transmitted cases of the highly contagious Delta variant were recorded and more than three million people went into lockdown. Eleven local cases of the more virulent strain have been detected, including two in the national capital region, the health department said, citing results of genome sequencing conducted this week. The cases dated back to […]
Watch the news and other features in Bukidnon as reported in the Cebuano dialect in this online edition of Agila Pilipinas (Philippine news in the provinces) Some of the news in this episode: – National ID registration in San Fernando, Bukidnon; – Monitoring of checkpoints in Bukidnon; – and price monitoring of vegetable prices in the public markets (Eagle News Service)
