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The government is urged to review “leaky” international travel protocols, which have been blamed as the major cause in the entry of COVID-19 variants triggering dramatic surge in infection and disruption of the domestic economy, which the Duterte administration is trying to gradually reopen...

The two-week unified curfew imposed in Metro Manila might not be enough to curb the spread of COVID-19, an expert from the OCTA Research Group said Wednesday (March 17). In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to...

Expert group calls on citizens to impose 'personal ECQ' Occupancy in Metro Manila hospitals will possibly rise to about 70 percent by the end of March, the OCTA Research Group said Tuesday (March 16). (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Guido David of the OCTA Research Group said the current...

The OCTA Research Team sees the new COVID variants as the reason for the spike in cases in Metro Manila and several parts of the country. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said his group saw a rapid increase in Metro Manila’s reproduction rate (R0) which is...