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Duterte may reconsider face-to-face classes after rollout of 2 million COVID-19 vaccines: ofc'l

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 02:00 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte may reconsider authorizing a pilot test of face-to-face classes once the country has rolled out 2 million COVID-19 vaccines, a Malacañang official said on Thursday. Read more »

PH economy seen growing 9.6% this year despite delayed vaccination program

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 02:48 AM

MANILA - The Philippine economic recovery post-COVID is expected to start off with a near 10 percent rebound in GDP growth this year, but there are few roadblocks to growth.  Read more »

PH eyes distribution of all 600,000 Sinovac vaccines within first week of March

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 10:43 AM

The government is planning to deploy all 600,000 Sinovac vaccine doses to different hospitals across the country within the first week of March, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., said Wednesday. Read more »

PH COVID-19 positivity rate breaches 7%, highest in over 4 months

Edson Guido, Head, ABS-CBN News Analytics
Posted at Feb 28 10:40 PM

The COVID-19 positivity rate in the Philippines has risen to its highest level in more than four months as Central Visayas and Metro Manila saw an uptick in positive cases. Read more »

OCTA: Spread of new variants possible factor in rising COVID-19 cases in NCR

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 02:18 PM

MANILA - The OCTA Research & Group says the spreading of emerging new variants are a possible factor for the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila.  Read more »

VP Robredo urges Filipinos to unite vs pandemic, 'constant threat' on democracy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:16 AM

VP Leni Robredo on Thursday urged Filipinos to unite against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the "constant threat" on the country's democracy as the Philippines commemorated the 35th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Read more »

Duterte rejects pilot test for in-person classes for second time, says Roque

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 12:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected for a second time the proposed pilot test for face-to-face classes as the country has yet to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination program, Malacañang said Monday. Read more »

Robredo questions MGCQ proposal for entire PH amid delayed arrival of COVID-19 vaccines

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 04:40 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday questioned the proposal to ease further the country's quarantine measures as it lagged behind its Asian neighbors in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

PH detects 18 more UK COVID-19 variant cases, 3 more cases of mutations

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 11:12 AM

The Philippines has detected 18 more patients with the more contagious COVID-19 variant first found in the United Kingdom, and an additional 3 cases of coronavirus mutation, the Department of Health said Sunday. Read more »

OCTA Group recommends gradual easing of NCR quarantine, warns of surge under MGCQ

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 11:41 AM

MANILA - The OCTA Research Group on Saturday said a more gradual approach to easing quarantine restrictions is needed to prevent a possible surge in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila, as authorities eyed a shift to the lowest restriction level.  Read more »

DOH: All cases with COVID-19 mutations in Central Visayas out of quarantine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 03:50 PM

All cases in Central Visayas that were discovered with 2 mutations of COVID-19 only exhibited mild symptoms and have been cleared of quarantine, health officials said Friday. Read more »

Ilang eksperto, opisyal, giit na unahin ang bakuna vs COVID-19 bago mag-MGCQ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 08:30 PM

Ayon sa ilang eksperto at opisyal, dapat paigtingin ang vaccination drive kontra sa COVID-19 bago mag-MGCQ.  Read more »

IATF to decide on PH hosting of FIBA qualifiers, says DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 10:04 AM

MANILA — It will be up to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to decide on whether the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers can be held in the Philippines, the Department of Health said Monday even as it reiterated there are already COVID-19 protocols in place for the sports industry. Read more »

PH won't lose 44 million vaccines from COVAX despite delay: Galvez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 12:29 PM

The delay in the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility does not mean the Philippines is losing its allocation from the global initiative, vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez said Friday. Read more »

Cebu wants to keep MGCQ classification even as COVID-19 cases rise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 09:02 AM

Cebu mayor Edgardo Labella said Thursday he would like to keep the Visayan urban hub under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) as COVID-19 cases rise in the city. Read more »

Mas mabilis na pagproseso sa unang batch ng COVID-19 vaccine ipatutupad ng Customs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 09 05:58 PM

MAYNILA - Mas maikling proseso ang gagawin ng Bureau of Customs sa pagdating ng unang batch ng COVID-19 vaccines sa bansa sa susuonod na linggo.   Read more »

Pasay City mayor tests positive for coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 09:17 AM

Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said Tuesday she was on isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus. Read more »

Philippines logs first death among UK COVID-19 variant cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 12:41 PM

The Philippines has recorded its first fatality due to the more transmissible COVID-19 variant, the health department said Monday.   Read more »

Rising COVID-19 cases in Central Visayas under control, says DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 09:25 AM

The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas said Monday it has the capacity to handle the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region. Read more »

PH vaccine czar says face-to-face election campaign poses 'big challenge, risk'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 03:35 PM

Face-to-face campaigning for the 2022 national elections pose a "big challenge and risk" to the country's COVID-19 situation, an official leading the country's pandemic response said on Wednesday.    Read more »