Cebu City sees slight rise in COVID-19 active cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/05/2022

CEBU, Philippines — Cebu City is seeing a slight rise in COVID-19 active cases in the past days with 43 active cases as of January 5, 2022, from the less than ten active cases three days prior.…

1st Omicron case recorded in Iloilo

Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 01/05/2022

ILOILO CITY—The city government confirmed Wednesday, January 5, 2022, the city’s first recorded person infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant. In a Facebook post, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said a 46-year-old male seafarer from Arevalo District…

Cebu City eyes return of swab test for travelers from NCR

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Due to the alarming surge of COVID-19 cases in the country’s capital, the Cebu City Government is mulling the return of negative RT-PCR tests as a requirement for travelers coming from there. Mayor…

EOC mulls stricter protocols for inbound passengers from NCR

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – If it meant preventing the entry of the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) here is considering implementing stricter measures for inbound passengers from the National Capital Region…

Omicron-related disruptions cause over 3,600 flight cancellations to start off 2022

Reuters 01/03/2022

More than 3,600 flights were canceled around the world on Sunday, January 2, 2022, more than half of them US flights, adding to the toll of holiday week travel disruptions due to adverse weather and the surge…

Cebu City starts new year with only 9 active COVID-19 cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will begin the year 2022 with only nine active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has revealed that there is only one new case out of…

Threat of rising COVID-19 infections sends Metro Manila back to Alert Level 3

Leila B. Salaverria, Tina G. Santos 01/01/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang announced that Metro Manila (also known as the National Capital Region)  would be placed under Alert Level 3 from Jan. 3 to 15 after the Department of Health (DOH) warned the public of…

DOH detects Omicron variant in 2 travelers from Japan, Nigeria

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 12/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed having detected the COVID-19 Omicron variant in two travelers who recently arrived in the Philippines from Japan and Nigeria. A press release from the DOH on Wednesday…

‘Highly unlikely’ existing vaccines will fail against Omicron—WHO

Agence France Presse - @inquirerdotnet 12/08/2021

  GENEVA — Omicron does not appear to cause more severe disease than previous Covid variants and is “highly unlikely” to fully dodge vaccine protections, a top WHO official told AFP Tuesday. Speaking to AFP, the World…

No Hong Kong travel ban yet amid COVID-19 Omicron variant threat — NTF

Daniza Fernandez 11/28/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 on Sunday clarified that inbound Hong Kong flights are still allowed since it is not yet included in the travel ban list amid the threat of the COVID-19…

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