PH runs out of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses

Cathrine Gonzales 04/05/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The country has run out of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently awaiting additional documents…

OCTA sees link between COVID-19 variants and spike of cases in Pasay

Cathrine Gonzales 03/03/2021

MANILA, Philippines — A research group monitoring the trends of Covid-19 in the Philippines believed that the increase of coronavirus cases in Pasay City is linked to the SARS-CoV-2 variants that were first detected in the United…

DOH: 40 of 44 people with UK variant recover from Covid-19

Cathrine Gonzales 02/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Forty of the 44 patients with confirmed cases of the more transmissible UK variant of Covid-19 have already recovered from the disease, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. Dr. Alethea de Guzman, medical…

Covid-19 cases on downward trend in PH except in 4 regions

Cathrine Gonzales 02/11/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has noted a slight decrease in the national growth rate of Covid-19 cases, but it also observed a continuous increase in cases of infection in four regions — Cagayan…

Almost 5 million Filipino workers retrenched due to Covid-19 pandemic — Bello

Cathrine Gonzales 02/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Less than five million Filipinos have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic as of December last year, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday, February 4, 2021. “Ang record namin as of…

Around 7 million voter accounts deactivated — Comelec

Cathrine Gonzales 02/03/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Around seven million voters had their accounts deactivated at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) due to non-participation in two consecutive elections or other reasons, Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Guanzon…

LPA may develop off Mindanao within next 36 hours — Pagasa

Cathrine Gonzales 12/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A low pressure area (LPA) may develop off Mindanao within the next 36 hours and may bring rains in parts of the southern portion of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services…

Duque warns of ‘beginning surge’ of COVID-19 cases

Cathrine Gonzales 12/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — There are already signs of a “beginning surge” of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in parts of Metro Manila, as well as in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and Cordillera Administrative Region, Health Secretary Francisco…

No Pfizer guarantee of 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for PH – Duque

Cathrine Gonzales 12/17/2020

MANILA, Philippines — US pharmaceutical firm never promised to provide the Philippine government with 10 million doses of its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon the signing of a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) between the two parties, Health…

Gov’t wants all LGUs to shift to MGCQ in 2nd quarter of 2021

Cathrine Gonzales 12/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The national government is eyeing to have all local government units (LGUs) shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) by the second quarter of 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. Health Undersecretary…

Survey: Filipinos connected to social media almost 4 hours daily

Cathrine Gonzales 11/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos spend the most time using social media, a report by Statista, a German market, and consumer data company said. In its report dated November 17, Statista said that based on data from a…

Cebu Pacific refunds P2.7B for cancelled flights due to COVID-19 pandemic

Cathrine Gonzales 11/06/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — Cebu Pacific announced that it has already refunded a total of P2.7 billion for cancelled flights triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and apologized to affected passengers for the delayed processing…

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