The Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 104 additional cases of Omicron subvariants in the Philippines. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said there were 95 new BA.5 cases detected. Of these cases, 67 were from Davao Region, 25 from Soccsksargen, and one case each from...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported two cases of Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 in the country. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that these two cases were from Western Visayas. "One individual is partially vaccinated while the other individual is unvaccinated," said Vergeire in...
Taguig’s active Covid-19 cases soared to more than 800 as the city tallied over 200 new cases in the last two days. The Department of Health’s Covid-19 Tracker showed that as of July 23, Taguig has 808 active cases out of 85,741 confirmed cases, 84,392 recoveries and 541 deaths. Vaccination in...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said there are no cases of the new Omicron subvariants in the city amid a rise in the Covid-19 tally. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano (Photo from Lani Cayetano on Facebook) “Gayunpaman, kailangan nating pagtuunan ng pansin ang banta ng bagong Omicron subvariants BA.4 at...
Citing its highly transmissible and “evasive” nature, a health expert warned the public against the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, calling it the “most dangerous” yet. (Pixabay) Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 Dr. Anthony...
Taguig City’s active Covid-19 cases increased to 376, based on data from the Department of Health (DOH). According to the DOH’s Covid-19 Tracker, Taguig added 82 new cases on July 7 to bring the total active cases to 376, up from 328 on July 6. Taguig City hall (Photo from Taguig City...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN More cases of BA.5 Omicron subvariant were detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, July 7. In a statement, the DOH said that 140 cases of BA.5 subvariant were detected in the latest genome sequencing run. Also included in the...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, July 5, that 43 BA.5 cases, 20 BA.2.12.1 cases, and seven BA.4 cases were detected in the latest whole genome sequencing run. Omicron variant of COVID-19 (MB FILE PHOTO) In a statement together with the University of the Philippines - Philippine...
90765 The Department of Health (DOH) said that 63 new cases of Omicron subvariants were detected in the Philippines. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that there were 50 new BA.5 cases, 11 additional BA.2.12.1 cases, and two more cases of BA.4 in the country. "At the moment,...
(REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to avoid complacency as the scenario that the country may experience another surge in Covid-19 cases remains a possibility. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that this is because of the...
89776 The Philippines has logged 32 new cases of Omicron subvariant BA.5, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, June 22. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 21 cases were from Western Visayas, four cases each from Calabarzon and Metro Manila, and three cases from Central...
88698 Six new cases of Omicron subvariant BA.5 as well as 10 more cases of subvariant BA.2.12.1 were detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday, June 15. Of the new subvariant BA.5 cases, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that two were found...