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GCash OK'd for Pinoys in Japan, Australia, Italy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 02:51 PM

GCash said the BSP has approved GCash Overseas which would allow Filipinos in Japan, Australia and Italy to sign up for the mobile wallet. Read more »

COVID-19 claims over 6 million lives worldwide: tally

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 11:40 AM

Over six million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to a tally from official sources compiled by Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. Read more »

Philippines detects 633 more Delta cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 05:10 PM

The Philippines has detected 633 new cases of Delta variant, raising its total to 4,431, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Scientists monitoring new coronavirus variants

Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 09 11:49 AM

Scientists remain focused on Delta, now the dominant variant around the world, but are tracking others to see what may one day take its place. Read more »

PH detects 516 more Delta variant cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 03:25 PM

The Philippines has detected 516 more Delta variant cases, bringing its total to 1,789, the Department of Health said Sunday. Read more »

Anu-anong COVID-19 variant na ang naitala sa Pilipinas?

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 03:09 PM

Batay sa pananaliksik ng Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ang mga variant ay mas mabilis kumalat ngunit may iba’t iba itong dalang epekto sa kalusugan. Read more »

COVID-19 Alpha, Beta variants detected by PH genome center

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 10:19 PM

The Alpha and Beta COVID-19 variants are detected in most samples sequenced by the Philippine Genome Center. Read more »

Di dapat balewalain ang banta ng Delta variant: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 07:20 PM

Kahit 5 porsiyento lang ng nasuring samples ang nakitaan ng Delta variant, hindi pa rin ito dapat ipagwalang bahala. Read more »

COVID-19 risk classification ng Pilipinas 'moderate' na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 06:44 PM

Kasabay ito ng pagtaas ng mga kaso ng COVID-19 sa bansa at banta ng mas nakakahawang Delta variant.  Read more »

Ilocos Sur hospitals feeling strain in bed capacities amid COVID

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 03:46 PM

Governor Ryan Luis Singson said the province has about 977 active cases, and they have already shut down some of its district hospitals for new COVID-19 patients.  Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: Dirty air makes COVID worse, beta variant deadlier than original

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 07:59 AM

Dirty air contributes to COVID-19 severity, according to a study from one of America's most polluted cities.  Read more »

90-year-old infected with 'two virus variants at once'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 07:34 AM

A 90-year-old woman who died after falling ill with COVID-19 was infected with both the Alpha and Beta variants of the coronavirus at the same time, researchers in Belgium said Sunday, adding that the rare phenomenon may be underestimated.   Read more »

Davao Oriental COVID-19 patient who died tested positive for South African variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 01:23 AM

One of the latest cases of COVID-19-related deaths in Davao Oriental province has been confirmed to be positive for the South African coronavirus variant. Read more »

AstraZeneca tests booster jab against Covid variant

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 28 07:41 AM

AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Sunday began new trials to test a modified vaccine against the Beta variant, which first emerged in South Africa. Read more »

Philippines has 4 new cases of COVID-19 Delta variant, 35 carriers of other strains

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 07:07 PM

(UPDATE) Four Filipinos have tested positive for the COVID-19 Delta variant, bringing the total number of Filipinos infected with it to 17, the government said Monday.  Read more »

IATF exempts repatriation efforts from travel ban vs Delta COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 03:29 PM

 The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said on Friday repatriation efforts for Filipino would be exempted from a travel ban meant to keep out the Delta COVID-19 variant first detected in India.  Read more »

COVID-19 also attacks the pancreas

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 07:33 AM

The new coronavirus directly targets the pancreas, infecting and damaging its insulin producing cells, according to a new study. Read more »

SM launches mobile app for virtual 'malling experience'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 04:37 PM

Shoppers can have their virtual "malling experience" with SM Malls' newly launched app, the SM Malls Online Beta app, as a way to shift online and adapt to the new normal.  Read more »

UP law professor missing, family seeks help in search

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 02:39 PM

The family of a missing lawyer on Tuesday appealed for help on information as to his whereabouts.  Read more »

Stem cell treatment offers new hope for diabetics

Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 20 05:51 AM

TOKYO - A new method to create insulin-producing pancreatic cells from stem cells and protect them from the body's immune system could pave the way for improving experimental diabetes treatment. Read more »