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(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Friday, July 16, reported its first 11 local cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, with two of them in Metro Manila. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said the 11 were part of the 16 additional Delta variant cases detected in the latest genome sequencing run. Of the 16 additional cases, five were returning overseas Filipinos. With the additional Delta variant cases, the total detected in the Philippines now stands […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1490665 after the Department of Health reported 5,221 more cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 45495 were active. Of these, 91.4 percent were mild cases, 2.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent critical, 2.8 percent severe, and 1.96 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1418856 including the additional 4147 recoveries. The death toll is now at 26314, including the additional 82 ones. On Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has administered more than 14 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, July 14, with more than 10 million Filipinos having received the first dose, and over 4 million already fully vaccinated. This was announced by Malacanang on Thursday, July 15. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that those given first doses (10,026,772) already covered 14.32 percent of the country’s targeted population. While those given second doses (4,047,792) were 5.78 […]
(Eagle News) – Another 1 million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccines against COVID-19 arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday, bringing to more than 21.7 million doses the total jabs delivered to the country since Feb. 28. The 1 million Sinovac doses delivered this morning is part of the 26 million CoronaVac doses that have been purchased by the Philippine government for this year. With the delivery, there are now 13 million Sinovac doses in […]
(Eagle News) — The country recorded its highest number of vaccines administered in a day at 375,059 jabs on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. According to the National Task Force against COVID-19, this is the highest number of vaccines administered in one day since the country started its vaccine roll-out in March this year. As of Tuesday, at least 13,817,358 Filipinos have received their COVID-19 shots in 4,360 vaccination sites throughout the country. “Of this number, […]
Ban imposed as a precautionary measure to protect PHL against Delta variant entry (Eagle News) – The Philippines implemented a travel ban on travelers coming from Indonesia starting July 16 because of the spike in COVID-19 cases there due to the highly infectious Delta variant. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Wednesday, July 14, that President Rodrigo had approved the recommendation to impose the ban on incoming travelers with a history of being in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has extended its ban on inbound flights from India and other countries. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the ban, which also covers Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates and Oman, is now in effect until July 31. According to Roque, there has been a recommendation for Indonesia to be included in the list of countries covered by the travel restrictions but President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to decide […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday, July 13, warned foreign vloggers in the country against engaging in any activity violating the conditions of their stay. In a statement, Immigration Chief Jaime Morente said that while vlogging per se wasn’t prohibited, foreign vloggers are not allowed to accept endorsements or use their platforms to sell products if they are holding a temporary visitors’ visa. According to Morente, this was a “deportable offense.” He […]
https://youtu.be/opBJQDw6O9w (Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews the Secretary-General Filipino Nurses United (FNU), Ms. Jocelyn Andamo, who said that removing professional board or licensure exams for nurses at this time was not a good idea. Andamo also expressed concern on the suggestion of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to do away with board exams, including for the health profession, saying this could even be dangerous since the nursing and medical professions deal with lives. The […]
(Eagle News) – The country has fully vaccinated more than 3.5 million Filipinos as of Monday, July 12, while those given just first doses reaching 9.6 million. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, who also chairs the National Vaccination Operations Center, said that more than 13.1 million so far have been administered vaccines against COVID-19. She said that by end of July or in August, the country can administer 200,000 to 300,000 jabs per day. In […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine vaccine experts are now studying using Pfizer as a third dose or booster shot, according to the chair of the National Vaccination Operations Center. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that the Philippine government is in fact already preparing to get more Pfizer doses for this purpose by the end of the year in case a booster shot is indeed needed. Cabotaje said that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) […]
(Eagle News) – More than three million Filipinos are now fully vaccinated, according to Malacanang. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that 3,089,976 Filipinos have been given the complete two doses of the COVID-19 vaccines as of July 7, 2021, based on data from the National COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard. “Conservative number pa po ito at inaasahan natin na tataas pa ang bilang kapag dumating na ang mga numero mula sa mga lokal […]
