(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate, or the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were tested for COVID-19, has decreased to 9.6 percent as of Feb. 6, the OCTA Research Group said on Monday, Feb. 7. "The last...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) As coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to drop across the country, the OCTA Research Group estimated that the Philippines may only have 1,000 to 2,000 daily cases by the end of February. In a tweet on Sunday, Feb. 6, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David noted that the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group is hoping that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila will continue their downtrend and return to the pre-surge level by the end of February. Citing the data from the Department of Health, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said Metro...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in 13 provinces continued to increase as manifested by their "positive" one-week growth rates, the OCTA Research Group said on Friday, Feb. 4. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David pointed out that the COVID-19 growth rates in Davao...
The risk level classification for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, and Rizal (CALABARZON) remained at moderate risk with negative one-week growth rates, an OCTA Research fellow said on Thursday, Feb. 3. (Image courtesy of Dr. Guido David) OCTA Research fellow...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Four highly-urbanized cities in the Visayas remained at "very high risk" for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite the decreasing number of cases in these areas, the OCTA Research Group said in its monitoring on Wednesday, Feb. 2. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that...
For OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David, the BA.2 Omicron subvariant, sometimes referred to as "stealth Omicron," is no longer "a major concern." (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) David, in an interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday, Feb. 1, explained that based on the reproduction number OCTA...
The provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon are now at moderate risk for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), OCTA Research said Tuesday, Feb. 1. (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) ", Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, and Rizal at moderate risk as of Jan. 31, with new cases trending...
OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said Tuesday, Feb. 1, the national government could have waited for the positivity rate to go down further before downgrading Metro Manila's alert level. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) During the Laging Handa briefing, David that OCTA supports the decision to...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) has started on Monday, Jan. 31, the construction of the Nuclear Medicine Research and Innovation Centre. (PNRI) DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Pena stressed the importance of nuclear medicine,...
Now that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have peaked in several parts of the country, an OCTA research fellow said that “the worst is probably over in most parts of the Philippines” in terms of the COVID-19 surge. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The good news is, and...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) announced the recipients of the 2021 Alberto Romualdez Jr. Outstanding Health Research Award (AROHRA). (Photo from DOST-PCHRD) "The AROHRA encourages researchers to be sensitive to the...
