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DOST awards epidemiology scholarships in bid to boost research

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 03:23 PM

The DOST awarded scholarships to 8 people in a bid to strengthen the study of epidemiology in the country, following the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Kaso ng COVID sa QC, bumababa na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 11:32 AM

MAYNILA - Unti-unti nang bumababa ang kaso ng COVID-19 sa Quezon City dahil sa tuloy-tuloy na testing at pagbabakuna sa mga residente nito. Read more »

Isa pang kumbento sa QC ni-lockdown dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 12:16 AM

Inilagay sa special concern lockdown ang isa pang kumbento sa Quezon City dahil sa hawaan ng COVID-19. Read more »

2 naka-quarantine pinutulan umano ng tubig, kuryente

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 07:53 PM

Nang malaman umano ng may-ari na sa gusali niya naka-quarantine ang 2 empleyado, pinutulan daw ng supply ng kuryente at tubig ang kanilang opisina. Read more »

QC to test factory workers after employee traced to Delta variant in another city

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 27 08:50 AM

MANILA - The Quezon City government will test all workers of a factory after one employee tested positive for COVID-19 and was traced as a close contact of a Delta virus patient in another city, an official said Tuesday. Read more »

55 people in QC pool party positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 09:45 AM

MANILA - The number of residents who tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a pool party in Quezon City rose to 55, the Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) said Wednesday.  Read more »

Russian researchers say proposed COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 10:36 PM

According to Logunov, tests on both animals and humans showed that their proposed COVID-19 vaccine does not cause any side effects. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 12, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 12:59 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Russia's Gamaleya Research Institute develops COVID-19 vaccine

Russian Direct Investment Fund, Handout/AFP
Updated as of Aug 12 03:04 PM

This handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund shows the vaccine against the coronavirus disease, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. Read more »

How to think like an epidemiologist

Siobhan Roberts, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 04 04:01 PM

There is a statistician’s rejoinder — sometimes offered as wry criticism, sometimes as honest advice — that could hardly be a better motto for our times: “Update your priors!”   Read more »

Expect higher number of COVID-19 cases due to better validation, says DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 28 10:01 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said it actually takes them an average of 3 days to validate if a positive test should be considered a confirmed case. Read more »

WHO exec alerts PH over ‘slow’ contact tracing

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 04:18 PM

A World Health Organization (WHO) official on Monday urged the Philippine government to speed up tracing people who came in close contact with COVID-19 patients, with less than a week left before it’s expected to ease lockdowns across the country. Read more »

Ateneo prof: Not true PH has flattened COVID-19 curve

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 08:04 PM

Ateneo professor Dr. Felix Muga II said that, based on DOH data, the number of active novel coronavirus 2019 cases is still increasing. Read more »

'Disease detectives’ lead hunt for invisible killer COVID-19 in PH

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 09:30 PM

MANILA—A team in hazmat suits descended on a densely packed neighborhood in Valenzuela City in response to a call that a resident was showing severe flu-like symptoms.  Read more »