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All omicron BA.2.12.1 cases recovered: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 09:49 AM

All 14 cases of the omicron BA.2.12.1 in the country have recovered, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Covid-hit Shanghai announces gradual reopening of businesses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 12:22 AM

Shanghai announced a gradual reopening from Monday of businesses, though it remains unclear when the millions of people still locked down in China's economic capital will finally be allowed out of their homes. Read more »

Metro Manila remains under Level 1 until May 31: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 09:30 PM

Metro Manila and dozens of other areas nationwide will remain under the loosest of the 5-tier COVID-10 Alert Level system until the end of the month, Malacañang announced on Sunday. Read more »

Higit P1-B inilabas para sa COVID compensation ng health workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 07:24 PM

Inilabas na ng DBM ang higit P1 bilyong pondo para sa benepisyo ng mga health care worker na nagka-COVID-19 habang duty. Read more »

77-M Pinoy target mabakunahan sa katapusan ng Duterte admin

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 06:39 PM

Target ng Department of Health na mabakunahan ang 77 milyong inidbiduwal kontra COVID-19 sa pagtatapos ng termino ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

P1-B released for COVID compensation for health workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 12:06 PM

Up to P1.081 billion have been released by the Department of Budget and Management for the benefits of health workers who contracted COVID-19 while on duty this year, the agency said Sunday. Read more »

N.Korea reports 15 more deaths from 'fever' amid COVID outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 15 08:04 AM

North Korea on Sunday reported 15 additional deaths from "fever" after the country recently announced its first-ever cases of COVID-19 and ordered nationwide lockdowns. Read more »

Lockdowns feared amid emergence of omicron BA.2.12.1

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 06:26 PM

Some people are afraid of potential lockdowns due to the more contagious subvariant, while others are confident that vaccines will protect them. Read more »

DOH di pa magtataas ng COVID alert level

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 06:39 PM

Wala pa ring posibilidad na itataas uli ang alert level kontra COVID-19 sa bansa, ayon sa Department of Health. Read more »

In a haze of disinfectant, China struggles with COVID

Vivian Lin and Matthew Walsh, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 04:28 PM

Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China's hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people -- but more than two years into the pandemic, experts say it is a futile measure against Covid-19. Read more »

North Korea reports 21 new COVID deaths

Kang Jin-kyu and Cat Barton, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 14 04:34 PM

North Korea announced 21 new "fever" deaths Saturday and said more than half a million people had been sickened nationwide, two days after confirming its first cases of Covid-19. Read more »

DOH: Too early to say if BA.2.12.1 spreading locally

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 02:02 PM

The Health Department said on Friday that it detected 14 cases of omicron BA.2.12.1, with two in Metro Manila and 12 in Puerto Princesa. Read more »

14 bagong kaso ng omicron sublineage naitala

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 08:20 PM

Nakitaan ng BA.2.12.1 na sublineage ng omicron variant ang aabot sa 14 iba pang tao, ayon sa Department of Health. Read more »

COVID-19 testing continues in Beijing

Mark R. Cristino, EPA-EFE
Posted at May 13 07:13 PM

A man undergoes a COVID-19 test at a makeshift tent in Beijing, China on Friday. Read more »

IATF urges elementary students to get vaxxed vs COVID

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 06:53 PM

DOH had said COVID-19 jabs could be given in school clinics, similar to how vaccines for other diseases are offered to students. Read more »

DOH: New variants may raise NCR hospital admissions

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 04:28 PM

Metro Manila might tally higher COVID hospital and ICU admissions if an immune-escaping and highly transmissible variant emerges, the DOH said. Read more »

Chinese woman held for claiming Beijing lockdown imminent

Kyodo News
Posted at May 13 04:24 PM

A Chinese woman has been accused of spreading false rumors and held by authorities for posting a message online saying Beijing would soon come under a citywide COVID-19 lockdown, Chinese media reported Friday. Read more »

PH detects BA.2.12.1 in Metro Manila, Puerto Princesa

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 13 08:19 PM

The Philippines has detected four omicron BA.2.12.1 cases in Metro Manila and Puerto Princesa, the Department of Health said Friday. Read more »

North Korea confirms first Covid-19 death in 'explosive' outbreak

Cat Barton and Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 08:32 AM

North Korea confirmed its first ever Covid-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide. Read more »

US marks 1 million COVID deaths

Peter Hutchson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 10:44 PM

The United States has crossed the threshold of one million deaths from Covid-19, the White House said on Thursday, as cities like New York try to turn the page on the pandemic despite threats of another surge. Read more »