SYDNEY, Australia -- Health authorities of Australia's state of Victoria confirmed that the Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1 has been traced in wastewater in Melbourne. The Victorian Health Department confirmed the finding on Friday and said authorities would now prioritize the sequencing of PCR...
Immunocompromised Pasig City residents line up to take their 2nd booster shot in a vaccination site in the city. (Photo courtesy of the Pasig PIO) The City Health Office of Pasig logged zero active Covid-19 cases in 20 out of 30 barangays in the city on Friday, April 29. These barangays include...
Former Department of National Defense (DND) secretary and senatorial candidate Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro said the government should boost support for tourism-related enterprises even as the sector has started its recovery. Boracay, arguably the crown jewel of Philippine tourism (Laurentiu Morariu/...
Metro Manila’s Covid-19 reproduction number “slightly increased” to 0.71, an OCTA Research fellow said on Saturday, April 30. “Ang ating reproduction number ay nasa 0.71. Medyo bahagyang umakyat pero hindi pa naman ganon ka-alarming. Yung ating daily new case ay below 200 pa lamang (Our...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has denied rumors that it is set to report an "artificial" rise in Covid-19 cases a few days before the conduct of the national and local elections. "The Department of Health categorically denies unfounded rumors that it will report an artificial increase in...
Muntinlupa City’s active Covid-19 cases totaled five as of April 29, with one new case added, according to the City Health Office (CHO). Tally from the CHO showed that one new Covid-19 case was added on April 29, bringing the total number of active cases to five from four on April 28. Vaccination...
K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s Jisung has tested positive for Covid-19 amid the decline in the number of new daily cases in South Korea. “NCT's Jisung was diagnosed with Covid-19 on the afternoon of the 29th (April 29),” announced SM Entertainment on April 30. NCT Dream's Jisung (Jonathan Hicap)...
Following the waning number of Covid-19 cases in Manila, the city health office logged a zero occupancy rate in their quarantine facilities as of Friday, April 29. In his Capital Report on Friday, Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, said all beds in the quarantine facilities are...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday commended President Duterte for signing into law Republic Act No. 11712 or the Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act saying it would provide continuing support to the country’s health care workers amid the ongoing...
Voters with Covid-19 symptoms may still cast their votes in the May 9 polls, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya assured Friday, April 29. Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya / DILG photo He stressed that a new normal committee formed by the Commission...
Despite the fear of a surge in coronavirus infections next month and an Omicron subvariant entering the country, the government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) and many other areas in the Philippines under Alert Level 1, Malacañang announced. (JANSEN...
Those experiencing Covid-19 symptoms have been repeatedly advised by the Department of Health (DOH) stay at home and isolate themselves on election day. But according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), as long as they have not undergone any tests to show that they have been infected by the...
