(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) No coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients were admitted to 598 hospitals nationwide from Dec. 5 to 9, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “We have observed that nationally, 48.5 percent of hospitals reported no new COVID-19 admissions in the past five days from Dec....
PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said that five of the seven unlocated travelers who arrived in the Philippines from South Africa have already been found. "Yes, we have already located another five, so we are just trying to locate two of these travellers," DOH Undersecretary...
DOH The Philippines has recorded less than 1,000 daily new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases for 16 consecutive days already with 562 new cases detected on Thursday, Dec. 9. The new cases brought the total number of active infections nationwide to 12,169. Since the start of the pandemic last...
Vaccination of higher education personnel (Photo from CHED) The Philippines is aiming to fully vaccinate at least 99 million individuals before the term of President Duterte ends next year. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed optimism that the government will reach its goal of fully...
MB/ FILE PHOTO The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Dec. 9, said there is still no Omicron coronavirus variant case detected in the Philippines. “The Department of Health, the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines -...
Retired police general and senatorial aspirant Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar wants to hold accountable the eight travelers from South Africa who allegedly put wrong contact details in a tracing form. The Department of Health said the eight travelers have to be subjected to swab test as they came from a...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Dec. 8 reported 370 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB The latest case bulletin of the DOH also showed 861 new recoveries and 171 new deaths. The 370 new cases brought the total number of cases in the country to 2,835,593. Total...
Seven unlocated travelers who arrived in the country from South Africa, where the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron was first detected may be charged after providing false contact information, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Health Secretary Francisco Duque...
One of the eight travelers from South Africa has been located. DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed this on Wednesday, Dec. 8. "As of Dec. 6, 2021, there are seven remaining unlocated travelers from South Africa and all were returning overseas Filipinos," Health Undersecretary Maria...
Acting presidential spokesman Karlo Nograles on Wednesday, Dec. 8, asked the eight passengers who arrived in the country from South Africa to “please come (forward) immediately.” PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN South Africa is the country from where the reportedly highly transmissible Omicron variant...
Having only 105 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day, the National Capital Region is heading towards a "good" holiday season, independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Dec. 8. "NCR at just 105 new cases per day. NCR, Malabon, Navotas, Caloocan, Pateros, Valenzuela, Marikina,...
The country’s case fatality rate (CFR) is currently at 1.61 percent and is below the global average of 2.0 percent. DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said this is as of Dec. 7. In a statement, the Health department said this Philippine CFR was markedly lower than the 9% CFR reported in the...
