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Higit 600 bagong kaso ng Delta variant na-detect

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 09:20 PM

Ayon sa DOH, 640 ang bagong nadagdag sa listahan ng mga na-detect ng Delta variant. Read more »

PH remains high-risk for COVID; infections seen to further rise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 03:05 PM

The Philippines remains at "high-risk" for the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Tocilizumab supply to remain low until December: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 02:59 PM

The supply of Tocilizumab, an anti-inflammatory off-label medication used to treat COVID-19 patients, will remain low until the end of the year. Read more »

PH logs over 400,000 new COVID-19 cases this August

James Amante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 01:03 AM

The Philippines listed at least 400,000 new COVID-19 cases this month as the country continues to battle one of Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks amid the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant. Read more »

WHO confirms PH community transmission of Delta variant

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 04:04 PM

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday confirmed that the Philippines is already experiencing a community transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant, which is now the dominant strain in the country. Read more »

New Zealand COVID-19 cases drop for second day

Reuters
Posted at Aug 31 11:45 AM

New Zealand's government on Tuesday reported that new COVID-19 cases fell for a second day, down to 49, amid the tight lockdown the country undertook during the latest outbreak this month. Read more »

COVID-19 Delta variant doubles hospital risk— study

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 08:22 AM

The Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 doubles the risk of hospitalization compared to the Alpha variant that it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet. Read more »

Insufficient testing seen for BARMM's zero Delta case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 12:20 PM

BARMM will have to conduct more tests to get a clear picture of its COVID-19 situation, an official admitted Friday. Read more »

PH adds 16,313 new COVID-19 cases, 236 new deaths

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 07:30 PM

The Philippines on Thursday confirmed 16,313 more COVID-19 infections, with active cases reaching 132,000, data from the health department showed. Read more »

Delta variant nakapasok na sa Occidental Mindoro

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 08:17 PM

May kaso na ng Delta variant ang Occidental Mindoro, ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan. Read more »

VP undergoes quarantine after close contact positive for COVID

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 02:01 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo is under self-quarantine following close contact with someone from her office who tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

20 COVID-19 Delta cases in Aklan have recovered: gov

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 11:47 AM

Twenty of the 21 patients who fell ill from the COVID-19 Delta variant in Aklan have recovered from the illness, provincial governor Florencio Miraflores said Wednesday. Read more »

Hawaii gov urges visitors to stay away amid COVID surge

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 03:48 PM

Hawaii urged residents and visitors to restrict travel to the US state to essential business activities amid a surge in COVID cases in the islands. Read more »

Israel's vaccine boosters show signs of taming Delta

Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 02:15 PM

In the past 10 days, the pandemic is abating among people over 60, more than a million of whom have received a third vaccine dose. Read more »

China vaccine studies show effect vs Delta variant

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 24 12:33 PM

Serum from 28 people given Zhifei Longcom jabs indicates vaccine is about as effective against the original strain as it is against the newer variant. Assessment of Guangzhou outbreak also shows Sinovac and Sinopharm shots also helped prevent cases of the disease. Read more »

NZ has highest jump in COVID-19 cases since April 2020

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 12:13 PM

The South Pacific nation's virus-free run since February ended last week after an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus erupted in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, and quickly spread to the capital Wellington. Read more »

'Active COVID-19 cases in NCR may hit 60,000 in Sept'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 09:53 AM

Active COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila may reach 60,000 in September if the spread of COVID-19 continues at current rate, OCTA Research said Tuesday. Read more »

New Zealand extends Delta outbreak lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 09:31 AM

New Zealand extended a national COVID-19 lockdown Saturday as case numbers continued to rise and a Delta variant outbreak spread from Auckland to the capital Wellington. Read more »

Pasay General Hospital suspends OB-GYN services

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 04:04 PM

A woman waits outside the Pasay City General Hospital on Saturday, as the hospital suspends its Obstetrics and Gynecology services until August 26. Read more »

Delta variant 'community transmission is there'— DOH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 03:48 PM

The health department has assumed that community transmission of the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant is already happening in the country. Read more »