Cebu City EOC: Delta variant may be the cause of COVID cases spike

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/02/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Councilor and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Deputy Chief Implementer Joel Garganera said they were not discounting the possibility that the spike of COVID-19 cases in the city might be due…

165 of Delta variant cases were detected locally — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 08/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The country has so far detected 165 local cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday as it assumes that there is already community transmission of the highly…

Capitol pledges P10k incentives for DOH-hired nurses

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – More cash incentives will be given to nurses hired by the regional health office, and those who will be attending to COVID-19 patients needing hospital care in Cebu. The Capitol pledged to give…

‘War has changed’, CDC says, calling for new response to Delta variant

Reuters 08/01/2021

The war against COVID-19 has changed because of the highly contagious Delta variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said, proposing a clearer message, mandatory vaccines for health workers and a return to universal masking. An internal…

Labangon cops arrest 14 curfew violators on Friday

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Streets in Barangay Labangon in Cebu City were near empty at 10 p.m. on Friday, July 30. Only uniformed policemen and barangay tanods can be seen roaming the streets a few minutes ahead…

Delta not specifically targeting children — WHO

Agence France Presse 07/31/2021

GENEVA, Switzerland — The Delta variant of the coronavirus is not specifically targeting children, the World Health Organization said Friday. The WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove said the evidence showed that the variant first detected…

Delta variant cases in Mandaue have fully recovered — mayor

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/30/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The three individuals who were infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Mandaue City have already recovered.  Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes on Friday, July 30, 2021, said the three patients were…

CCPO chief: Checkpoints to be set up; curfew, health protocols to be strictly enforced 

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City policemen will set up checkpoints in different parts of the city starting at 10 p.m. today, July 30. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) chief, said that the…

DOH-7: Presence of Delta behind rise of COVID cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the top official of the regional health office in Central Visayas, the presence of the Delta variant in Cebu has confirmed the suspicions they have been holding.  That the highly transmissible mutation…

DOH: 32 Delta variant cases detected in Region 7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 32 cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were detected in Central Visayas, the state’s health bureau reported. The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, July…

Expert tells Cebu to act now against Delta variant

Dyrecka Letigio 07/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebuano infectious disease expert told Cebu City and other Cebu LGUs not to wait for the confirmation of a Delta Variant of the COVID-19 and start preparing as early as now. Doctor…

Duterte warns of possible lockdown if ‘more aggressive’ Delta variant spreads

Christia Marie Ramos 07/26/2021

MANILA, Philippines — In his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte warned of a possible lockdown should the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant spreads in the country. “It (Delta) is rampaging…

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