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DOH: High number of COVID-19 deaths due to rising fatalities outside NCR

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 07:00 PM

More than a half or most of the daily deaths registered in the past 2 weeks were cases "previously tagged as recoveries [but] were reclassified as deaths." Read more »

Man killed in shooting at Vancouver International Airport

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 04:00 PM

A man was killed in a shooting at Vancouver International Airport on Sunday, police said, with the suspects still at large after firing at police from their getaway vehicle. Read more »

Laos records first COVID-19 death

Reuters
Posted at May 09 10:36 PM

The Southeast Asian country of Laos recorded its first death from coronavirus on Sunday, losing its place among the few countries yet to suffer a fatality, state media said. Read more »

Philippines' COVID-19 case fatality rate climbed to 2.1 pct after March surge: DOH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 08:30 PM

The Philippines' COVID-19 fatality rate climbed to 2.1 percent in April, a Health official said Monday, following the spike in new infections beginning March this year. Read more »

Is COVID-19 deadlier than other viruses?

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 18 02:05 AM

The global death toll from COVID-19 passed three million on Saturday. The post-World War I Spanish Flu wiped out 50 million people, according to some estimates. And over the decades AIDS has killed 33 million. Read more »

6-day-old infant succumbs to COVID-19 in Davao del Norte town

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 08:58 PM

The Inter-agency Task Force of Santo Tomas town in Davao del Norte reported on Sunday that a six-day-old male infant there died due to COVID-19. 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 »

This rescuer wanted to save more lives in the Tuguegarao flood—but he ended up losing his own

RHIA GRANA
Posted at Nov 19 07:27 PM

“Nung unang blast, may presence of mind pa ako e. Pero nung second, nanghina na talaga ako. Lahat kami nanghina na,” says Sherwin Buguina of BFAR’s Fisheries Resource Protection Group. Read more »

Pandemic of neglect: COVID-19 deaths in PH have doubled since August, and the dying are not getting hospital care

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 06:54 PM

COVID-19 deaths in the Philippines have doubled since August, and the number of COVID-19 fatalities that never made it to hospital have more than doubled as well in that same time frame. More bad news, the deaths are accelerating this October, even as the daily number of confirmed cases of the disease appear to be slowing. Read more »

DOH: Low COVID-19 deaths in PH due to treatment guidelines crafted early in pandemic

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 02:00 PM

MANILA— The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said the relatively low COVID-19 fatality rate of the Philippines is partly due to clinical guidelines on how to manage coronavirus patients crafted by medical societies early into the pandemic. Read more »

Expect more COVID-19 deaths next month, infectious disease experts say as PH cases rise

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 19 02:54 AM

MANILA — With more than 3,000 cases reported daily since the start of the month, infectious disease experts said on Tuesday that they are expecting higher number of deaths to be reported as well. Read more »

NDRRMC verifying reported death of ex-policeman in Masbate quake

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 12:42 PM

The disaster agency said Tuesday it was verifying reports that an earthquake that struck the central Philippines left at least one dead.  Read more »

Vietnam records 1st virus death as pandemic rebounds

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 31 06:01 PM

The patient, a 70-year-old man, died in the central city of Hoi An nearly 3 weeks after being admitted to hospital with serious underlying conditions. Read more »

Ahead of Duterte SONA, House reports COVID-19 fatality

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 10:25 AM

Another staff of the House of Representatives died Thursday morning due to COVID-19, the chamber's secretary-general said.   Read more »

3-yr-old from Lanao del Sur dies of COVID-19, the 4th fatality in the province

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 01:32 PM

A 3-year-old child from Malabang, Lanao del Sur died Sunday due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the death toll in the province to four, the provincial government said. Read more »

Galvez lauds 'model areas' Davao City, NCR for following quarantine protocols

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 02:47 AM

National Task Force on COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. lauded the leadership of several areas in the Philippines for successfully implementing quarantine protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Broadway actor Nick Cordero dies age 41 from coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 11:02 AM

Broadway and TV actor Nick Cordero, who spent months in intensive care being treated for the coronavirus and lost his leg from complications, died Sunday, his wife said.   Read more »

An open letter to the worried

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 14 09:38 PM

We live in a world that has wandered into a war, and is now trying to fight its way into safety. Will it do us good to look to the ones who came before us for solace and guidance? By GIAN LAO Read more »

Exterminating the virus in Cagayan de Oro

Froilan Gallardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 11:08 PM

Health and police officials have cordoned off two blocks in Dabatian Street and advised residents to quarantine thrmselves for 14 days. Read more »

Genes may leave some people more vulnerable to severe COVID-19

Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 04 01:22 PM

Why do some people infected with the coronavirus suffer only mild symptoms, while others become deathly ill? A study by European scientists is the first to document a strong statistical link between genetic variations and COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.   Read more »