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'Poblacion girl' indicted for quarantine breach

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 03:28 PM

Makati prosecutors recommended criminal charges against a Filipina traveler who violated COVID-19 quarantine rules last December. Read more »

Get booster amid omicron BA.2.12 threat: expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 09:13 AM

An expert warned that slow booster uptake could drive a fresh surge of COVID cases in the country amid the threat of a new sub-lineage of omicron. Read more »

Shanghai lockdown snarls world's busiest port

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 03:10 PM

Shanghai's grinding coronavirus lockdown is slowly clogging China's supply chains, as delays hit the world's busiest container port. Read more »

3 omicron recombinants, binabantayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 07:17 PM

Binabantayan ngayon ng mga awtoridad ang tatlong klase ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recombinant na X-D, X-E, at X-F. Read more »

COVID may mutate after antibody treatment: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 14 10:44 AM

COVID-19 patients who receive one of the few antibody treatments that works against the Omicron variant must be carefully monitored because after the drug is infused, the virus may mutate and become resistant to it, researchers warned after seeing such cases with Delta variant patients. Read more »

S. Korea: Omicron 75% less likely to kill than delta

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 03:50 PM

People infected with omicron are nearly 75 percent less likely to develop serious illness or die than those who contract the delta variant. Read more »

Philippines' COVID-19 cases 'plateauing': DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 04:15 PM

The number of COVID-19 cases in all island groups of the Philippines is plateauing, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

DOH: Nalagpasan na ng bansa ang hamon ng omicron

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 07:47 PM

Idineklara na ng Department of Health na nalagpasan na ng bansa ang hamon ng omicron variant. Read more »

S. Korea's daily COVID cases top over 50k for 1st time

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 12:13 PM

South Korea launched a self-treatment scheme as new infections hit a fresh high on Thursday due to the fast spreading omicron variant. Read more »

Visayas COVID-19 cases show 'slow decline': DOH

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 07:08 PM

The number of COVID-19 infections in the Visayas is slowly declining while bed occupancy in at least two regions in Mindanao has increased, the Department of Health said Wednesday. Read more »

'Bagong COVID variants posible kung marami di pa bakunado'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 10:43 AM

Nagbabala ang isang eksperto na may posibilidad na may susulpot pang variant of concern kung marami ang hindi pa bakunado laban sa COVID-19. Read more »

Mga nagpapa-teleconsult sa Makati Medical Center mas dumami

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 02:25 PM

Dumarami ang mga nagpapa-teleconsult sa isang departamento sa Makati Medical Center dahil sa banta ng COVID-19, ayon sa isang doktor. Read more »

Apple sales top estimates, dodging supply chain hits

Danielle Kaye and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 05:52 AM

The iPhone 13 led to worldwide phone sales revenue for Apple of $71.6 billion, a 9% increase from the 2020 holiday season that handily beat targets. Read more »

Subvariant ng omicron sa Denmark, mas nakahahawa raw

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 07:45 PM

Posibleng mas nakahahawa ang omicron subvariant na na-detect sa Denmark ayon sa mga eksperto. Read more »

Australia reports fewer COVID deaths

Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 04:59 PM

Australia reported fewer COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, a day after recording a pandemic high, while hospital cases remained steady. Read more »

As omicron ebbs, England revives plan of living with COVID

Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 03:32 PM

The UK Health Security Agency is preparing to switch focus to supporting vulnerable individuals rather than imposing national rules. Read more »

28 kaso ng COVID-19 omicron variant, naitala sa Eastern Visayas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 03:02 PM

Kinumpirma ng Department of Health (DOH) Eastern Visayas ang 28 kaso ng omicron variant sa rehiyon ngayong Huwebes. Read more »

Expert urges caution amid apparent decline in COVID-19 case numbers

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 09:23 AM

An expert urged the public not to let their guards down against COVID-19, even after the country's daily COVID-19 cases fell below 20,000 for 2 days. Read more »

Two-thirds of Omicron cases in England reinfections: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 06:53 AM

Nearly two-thirds of people in England who tested positive for Covid-19 in January previously had the virus or suspected they had it, a survey showed. Read more »

Germany passes 100,000 new COVID cases in past 24 hrs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 03:37 PM

Germany's record rise in coronavirus cases comes as omicron has become the dominant variant, accounting for more than 70 percent of new infections. Read more »