The Covid-19 cases in the Philippines could hit 18,000 per day by Nov. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) warned on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Current projections of the DOH indicate that cases may hit 2,400 cases per day to as high as 18,000 by the middle of November. “We have new projections where it...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported that Omicron subvariant XBB and the XBC variant of the Covid-19 virus were already detected in the Philippines. Based on the latest genome sequencing result, 81 cases of XBB subvariant were detected and 193 cases of XBC...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday, Oct. 18 said seven provinces have registered “very high” or above 20 percent Covid-19 positivity rates over the past week. Positivity rate refers to the number of individuals who yielded positive results from...
The Department of Education (DepED) has allowed private schools nationwide to continue the implementation of blended learning modality beyond November. DepED / MB Visual Content Group Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte issued DepED Order No. 44 series of 2022 on Monday, Oct. 17...
DOH The daily number of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines remained over 2,000 on Sunday, Oct. 16, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, a total of 2,321 more coronavirus infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours. These cases raised the number of active...
DOH The Philippines is still seeing over 2,000 more Covid-19 cases on Saturday, Oct. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Saturday's number of cases was 2,367. This was slightly higher than the 2,459 infections logged the previous day. As of Saturday, a total of 26,404 patients across the...
DOH The Philippines has recorded an additional 2,459 Covid-19 cases on Friday, Oct. 14. Latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that active cases in the country increased to 26,399. The new cases brought the country's cumulative tally of cases to 3,978,354 including 3,888,516...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN A total of 2,883 Covid-19 cases were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Oct. 13. Active cases nationwide went up to 25,293 from the 24,283 infections recorded on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The National Capital Region logged the highest cases in the...
Following VaxCertPH’s recent contract expiration, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is fixing the digital Covid-19 vaccine certificate system’s issues. (VaxCertPH) The Philippine government’s VaxCertPH contract with the software developer expired on...
The Philippines must attract 1.7 million tourists from China every year--just like old times--if it wants the local tourism industry to fully recover from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Alejandra Luengo/ Unsplash) Thus, reckoned Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo, who categorically...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The independent OCTA Research Group on Thursday, Oct. 13 said that the positivity rate of Covid-19 in Metro Manila is decreasing while the rate in some provinces is increasing. In an update shared on Twitter, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that...
DOH The country reported 1,623 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The number of active cases is at 24,283, as shown in the Department of Health's (DOH) latest data. Metro Manila still posted the highest number of new infections in the past two weeks with 11,198. It was followed by...
