The OCTA Research group on Thursday, July 15, urged the government to extend the general community quarantine status imposed in National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) areas to prevent another surge of cases amid the threat of the coronavirus variants. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila,...
The OCTA Research group on Thursday, July 15, flagged the rising number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases recorded in cities of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu. Table from July 15 OCTA Research report. In its latest monitoring report, OCTA reported that the reproduction number, which represents the...
Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed dismay over some known politicians who as early as now are focusing on the 2022 elections instead of the efforts in addressing the pandemic. Robredo, an opposition leader, lamented the misplaced priorities of possible candidates posturing for next year's...
(PIXABAY) The weekly growth rate in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the past three weeks has been "nearly level or flat," OCTA Research said on Tuesday, July 13. OCTA's monitoring showed that NCR had an average of 634 new COVID-19 cases per day for...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO) OCTA Research fellow Ranjit Rye on Tuesday, July 13, said the government should consider keeping Metro Manila under general community quarantine (GCQ) until the end of July due to the threat posed by the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). "With NCR...
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Quirino Governor Dakila Cua appealed to the national government to provide more COVID-19 vaccines to the provinces to expedite the inoculation of individuals under the A4 category. He explained that the delay in vaccine allocation...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Independent research group OCTA on Sunday, July 11, noted a "flat trend" in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country, particularly in some of the areas with the highest recorded cases over the past week. Citing the COVID Act Now metrics, OCTA said that local...
(PIXABAY) Independent research group OCTA has monitored a significant decrease in Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case fatality rate (CFR) since the beginning of 2021. In its monitoring report released on Saturday, July 10, OCTA said the CFR in Metro Manila has dropped to 0.78 percent...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Saturday, July 10, said that at least 20 percent of the National Capital Region's target population will likely be fully vaccinated by August, considering the current rate of vaccinations in the region. David said about 8 percent...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Independent research group OCTA has again observed a slight downward trend in Metro Manila's number of new cases, as shown in its latest monitoring report released on Friday, July 9. From July 2 to 8, OCTA said that the daily new cases in Metro Manila...
(OCTA RESEARCH) The number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country continued to decrease as it averaged 5,321 cases per day during the July 2-8 period, OCTA Research said in its report on Friday, July 9. OCTA said the country's average is 7 percent lower than the previous week,...
(PIXABAY) Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Cynthia Saloma on Wednesday, July 7, said it is difficult to say now if Metro Manila may become resilient to the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the next few months. "Whether or not we are Delta resilient, mahirap po...
