Taguig City logged a record 19 daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Dec. 6, thus, making it the second local government unit (LGU) in the country with the.highest number of COVID-19 cases. According to Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research, Taguig has 19 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 6 based on...
FR. NICANOR AUSTRIACO Despite the threat of the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the public should still celebrate Christmas but with proper caution, OCTA research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said during President Duterte's Talk to the People on Monday evening, Dec. 6. Austriaco...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Dec. 6 that he would be willing to vacate his post from the Department of Health (DOH) to a fellow University of Santo Tomas (UST) graduate. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (RTVM Screenshot / MANILA BULLETIN) "Yes, Mr. President, to another...
For Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, the Philippines is the safest place for migrant Filipinos, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), to spend their Christmas in given recent victories against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Almost all of the key coronavirus disease (COVID-19) indicators in Metro Manila are better now than they were during the same period in 2020, independent research group OCTA said on Monday, Dec. 6. "Comparing the NCR the past week with the same period last year, the...
The Manila Hotel’s Christmas Tree (NOEL PABALATE) Independent research group OCTA is still optimistic that the Philippines will have a "merry" Christmas this year even with the looming threat of the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). "The outlook of OCTA is clear, it's optimistic,...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Months after it saw a surge in cases driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, Metro Manila is now at "very low risk" status for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the independent research group OCTA said Friday, Dec. 3. "We are down to 138 cases per day . That used to be the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Independent research group OCTA said the number of active cases in the country should be much lower by about 48 percent once old cases, from March 2020 to September 2021, are resolved. "As of Nov. 27, 2021, the DOH bulletin reported 17,052 active cases, of which only...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The average number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day in the Philippines is now below 1,000, the independent research group OCTA said on Sunday, Nov. 28. "As predicted, the seven-day average of new cases in the Philippines has decreased to less than...
(PIXABAY) Amid the discovery of a new heavily mutated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant in South Africa, an OCTA research fellow on Friday, Nov. 26, said that this "could definitely be a potential for serious concern." The variant, called B.1.1.529, has been detected in South Africa in small...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Quezon City continues to decline as manifested by the drop in the growth rate and testing positivity rate in the past week, the independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Nov. 24. "The seven-day average in new...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The seven-day average of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila had decreased to below 300 cases over the past week, which according to OCTA Research Group was last recorded in January 2021. In an update via Twitter on Tuesday, Nov. 23, OCTA research...
