The Department of Health reported on Monday, Jan. 24, a total of 24,938 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (FILE PHOTO) According to the DOH, five labs were not able to submit their data. Monday's case bulletin brings the total number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic to...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24 that the National Capital Region (NCR) is ready in case it will shift to a more relaxed classification of Alert Level 2 by February. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level...
The national government was urged not to loosen the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) protocols yet because the Philippines is not yet “out of the woods” in terms of the COVID-19 surge, a public health expert said on Monday, Jan. 24. (File Photo /Unsplash) Health reform advocate and...
Coronavirus disease cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) have peaked, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24. (FILE PHOTO) "Lumalabas nag-peak na at nakikita natin na ilang araw nang sunod-sunod na bumababa ang kaso ng NCR at lumiliit ang porsiyentong iniaambag nito sa...
(PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risk level of Metro Manila could further go down to "moderate risk" by Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, as the region continued to see a steady decline in new cases, said OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David. During the Laging Handa public briefing on...
Officers and personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) that will handle the Japan-made 97-meter Multi-Role Response Vessel (MRRV) got their "crash course" in handling the ship after a successful tour of the Patrol Vessel (PV) Kunisaki of the 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters of the Japan...
(PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David is hoping that the Omicron wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases will be finished by March or April. In the Laging Handa public briefing on Monday, Jan. 24, David said that the country can see less than 1,000 COVID-19 cases per day by...
Four K-pop idols belonging to boy bands WINNER and iKON have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as South Korea recorded more than 7,500 new cases on Jan. 24. YG Entertainment announced that its artists, Lee Seunghoon of WINNER and Kim Jinhwan, Song Yunhyeong and Kim Donghyuk of...
Senatorial aspirant Senator Leila de Lima on Monday called on the government to prepare for the emergence of new variants of COVID-19 to prevent future case surges in the country. De Lima, who is seeking a re-election in the upcoming May 2022 elections, said the government’s approach towards...
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported that the city recorded 96.61 percent recoveries from COVID-19 with 86 barangays already COVID-free. The CESU reported to Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano that 82 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, Jan. 23, brought the city’s total confirmed...
The total number of fully vaccinated persons in Muntinlupa has reached nearly 407,000 while minors aged 12 to 17 rose to almost 27,000. Data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of Jan. 21, a total of 406,976 individuals are now fully vaccinated, or 106 percent of the target...
Muntinlupa has recorded 12 cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and all of them have already recovered. Data showed that as of Jan. 23, the 12 Omicron variant cases have been tagged as recovered composed of four...