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How a Pinay scientist helped fight COVID-19 in PH

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 08:04 AM

Dr. Pia Bagamasbad trained thousands of medical technicians across the country on RT-PCR testing for COVID-19. Read more »

Dagdag-booster kontra COVID, di na inirerekomenda sa ilang sektor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 08:36 PM

Nagbigay ngayon ng ilang update at pagbabago ang World Health Organization sa proseso ng pagbabakuna kontra COVID-19. Read more »

Maraming Pinoy magsusuot pa rin ng face mask: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 07:28 PM

Kahit opsyonal na ang pagsusuot ng face mask, marami pa rin ang nagsasabing patuloy nila itong susuotin, ayon sa pinakahuling tala ng Social Weather Stations. Read more »

'DOH COVID-19 vaccination program still aligned with WHO'

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 06:57 PM

The DOH said its current vaccination program against COVID-19 remains in line with the revised vaccination roadmap of the WHO experts on immunization. Read more »

India: What's behind the spike in COVID cases?

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Mar 29 07:03 AM

A new virus variant could be driving the rise in COVID-19 cases in India, but there is no need to panic, experts say. Read more »

DOH: COVID spike 'not significant' to tighten restrictions

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 05:50 PM

A recent uptick in COVID-19 infections in the country is not enough to tighten measures anew to control the spread of coronavirus, the DOH said. Read more »

DOH: COVAX bivalent donation on hold for now

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 02:07 PM

The delivery of bivalent COVID-19 vaccine donation from COVAX Facility has been put on hold, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

DOH: 1,298 COVID cases, 60 deaths recorded in past week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 09:32 PM

The Philippines recorded 1,298 COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Raccoon dog data sparks new debate about Covid origins

Daniel Lawler and Julien Dury, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 11:44 AM

New evidence that raccoon dogs were at the Chinese market where Covid is suspected to have first infected humans has reignited debate over the origin of the pandemic. Read more »

33 opisyal na dawit sa Pharmally deals sinuspende

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 07:08 PM

Sinuspende ng Ombudsman ang ilang opisyal ng pamahalaan na sangkot sa umano'y maanomalyang pagbili ng COVID-19 supplies sa Pharmally. Read more »

DOH eyes legal remedies for COVAX bivalent donation

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 02:02 PM

The DOH is looking at legal remedies to enter into an agreement with COVAX facility regarding the delivery of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

DOH: 'No reason to fear' spike in COVID cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 05:16 PM

The Department of Health on Tuesday allayed concerns over the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in the country. Read more »

Did COVID-19 come from raccoon dogs?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 05:49 PM

Did COVID-19 come from raccoon dogs in Wuhan, China? An infectious disease expert on Tuesday said reports that a raccoon dog has been linked to the origin of the novel coronavirus warrant further investigation, saying the data could be used to prepare for another pandemic. Read more »

DOH: 711 new cases of omicron subvariants detected

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 04:10 PM

The Philippines has detected 711 new cases of omicron COVID-19 subvariants, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

Biden signs law declassifying US intel on Covid origin

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 21 08:30 AM

US President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a bill requiring the release of intelligence materials on potential links between the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Read more »

Post-vac syndrome — the forgotten COVID victims

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Mar 21 05:22 AM

The Paul Ehrlich Institute, the German Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedical Drugs, has registered 333,492 cases of suspected harmful vaccination side effects. Read more »

DOH: 1,171 COVID-19 cases, 63 deaths logged in past week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 07:15 PM

The Philippines recorded 1,171 COVID-19 cases in the past week, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

9 in 10 Filipinos hopeful worst of COVID crisis is over: SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 06:20 PM

Nine out of 10 adult Filipinos are hopeful that the country has surpassed the worst of COVID-19, according to an SWS survey released Monday. Read more »

Mga molde ng sapatos naging artwork sa paggunita ng COVID-19 lockdown

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 08:21 AM

Ang Project Hulmahan ay tatakbo hanggang Abril 2023 sa Megaworld malls sa Metro Manila. Read more »

DOH may paalala sa kabila ng pagbuti ng situwasyon sa pandemya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 09:48 PM

Eksaktong 3 taon na ang nakalilipas mula nang ipatupad ang enhanced community quarantine dahil sa COVID-19. Read more »