The Philippines logged the second lowest Covid-19 average daily attack rate (ADAR) in Southeast Asia based on the OCTA Research group’s data on Thursday, March 24. In a tweet, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David presented the Covid-19 numbers in Southeast Asia and East Asia. (Unsplash) “East and...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in the Philippines has slightly increased to 2.5 percent but the country’s risk level remains “very low,” the independent research group OCTA said on Tuesday, March 22. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in an update shared on Twitter, said...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has a practical advice for the people asking about what his father--the late former strongman president Ferdinand Marcos--did during his administration. The late president Ferdinand Marcos (Photo from Wikipedia) Bongbong, in his interview Monday, March 21...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The decline in Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila has slowed down in the past week but the region remained at “low risk” from the virus, the OCTA Research Group said on Monday, March 21. In an update shared on Twitter, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID/ TWITTER) The Philippines remained under “very low risk” classification for Covid-19 despite the surge in cases in neighboring countries, the independent research group OCTA said on Sunday, March 20. Based on the update shared by OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David on Twitter, the...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of new Covid-19 cases per day in the country could be less than 500 by Holy Week, a fellow of the OCTA Research Group said on Saturday, March 19. In a televised briefing, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Butch Ong said the country has maintained a “low...
With an average number of 25 new Covid-19 cases per day over the past week, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David on Thursday, March 17, said that Quezon City is now “very low risk” for Covid-19. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) From March 10 to March 16, Quezon City’s number of new Covid-19 infections has...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Women with genes that predispose them to endometriosis also have a higher risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC), new research from the University of Queensland (UQ) suggests. The research, published in Cell Reports Medicine and revealed on Wednesday, involved...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson took the opportunity to promote his research and development (R&D) agenda during his visit to Cagayan Valley this week for the benefit of local farmers and other workers in the thriving agricultural industries of the region. In his...
OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, on Saturday, March 12, said that it will be best if the de-escalation of the Philippines under an Alert Level 0 status will only take place after the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Alert Level 0, according to David, is the old...
Philippine economic recovery is “firmly on track” and is expected to speed up following further relaxation of mobility restrictions and continued policy support, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said. The regional macroeconomic surveillance organization said on Friday, March 11,...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s closest rival former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may be leading in election surveys, but analytics from social media showed otherwise. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Robredo, the lone female presidential candidate in the May 2022 elections,...
