The Taguig City government reported that its weekly new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases increased amid the transmission of the Omicron variant in the National Capital Region (NCR). In its latest report, the city government recorded 3,113 new COVID-19 cases for Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, or an average...
A public health expert reiterated the importance of “taking huge action” to eventually end the viral transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special...
K-pop stars who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last two weeks have recovered but new cases have been confirmed as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to infect people in South Korea. YG Entertainment announced on Feb. 3 that the five members iKON, four members...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora expressed hope that the low number of COVID-19 infections in the city would continue despite the threat of the more transmissible Omicron and Delta variants. During his interview with CNN Philippines on Monday, Zamora said that the decline in active COVID-19 cases...
At least five more Korean stars have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to bring the total to 31 amid a surge of cases in South Korea. South Korea recorded 17,542 new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 29, another record for the highest daily tally. There are now 811,122 confirmed cases in...
Taguig City’s total number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have increased by 39 percent amid the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant in the National Capital Region (NCR). The Taguig City government reported that for the period Jan. 21 to 27, the city’s new cases totaled...
Muntinlupa City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases fell sharply as more patients recovered. Data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office showed that as of Jan. 28, the city’s active cases totaled 553, a decrease of 1,948 cases or 78 percent from 2,501 recorded on Jan. 27. COVID-19...
The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said on Thursday, Jan. 27 that BA.2 or "stealth Omicron" is the dominant sublineage that has caused community transmissions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) In Laging Hand...
COVID-19 virus A total of 618 new Omicron coronavirus variant cases have been detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday, Jan. 27. The DOH noted that the majority of the new cases were composed of the BA.2 sublineage or the “stealth Omicron.” "Both the...
The surge driven by the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is unlikely to reoccur in Metro Manila, but provinces outside the region should brace for the rise in infections, the OCTA Research group warned on Thursday, Jan. 27. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In an interview over One...
The total number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Taguig has breached the 1,000 mark again amid the transmission of Omicron variant in the National Capital Region (NCR). Taguig’s City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance (CEDSU) reported that as of Jan. 25, there were 1,101...
The total number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Muntinlupa has dropped by more than 1,700 in a single day while new cases decreased by more than 300. According to data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), the active cases in Muntinlupa totaled 3,237 on Jan. 25, a...
