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With 94 new cases, number of COVID-19 positive Filipinos abroad now at 2,617

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 06:28 PM

Ninety-four more overseas Filipino tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Read more »

'Nagtatagumpay tayo': Galvez touts 'success' vs COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 10:00 PM

MANILA – The Philippines has been successful so far in its fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., as infections and deaths linked to the disease are gradually tapering off. Read more »

Navotas puts 10 virus-stricken barangays under ECQ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 08:41 PM

The lockdown will cover barangays Daanghari, NBBS Dagat-Dagatan, NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Proper, NBBN, San Jose, San Roque, Sipac Almacen, Tangos North, and Tangos South. Read more »

22-year-old student is 2nd COVID-19 case in Maguindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 06:32 PM

The Bangsamoro Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 on Friday confirmed that a 22-year-old man was the 2nd coronavirus infection in Maguindanao. Read more »

Coronavirus cases in Singapore surpass 30,000 - Reuters tally

Jane Wardell, Reuters
Posted at May 22 06:22 PM

The rapid spread of the disease among the migrant labor population appeared to catch Singapore health officials by surprise. Read more »

Overseas Filipinos with COVID-19 surpass 2,500-mark

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 05:11 PM

The number of overseas Filipinos afflicted with COVID-19 surpassed 2,500 on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Read more »

'High false positive rates': Why medical groups thumb down rapid antibody tests for workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 02:46 AM

MANILA – Several medical groups have cautioned private companies against using rapid antibody tests for employees, as the government reboots the economy by relaxing quarantine restrictions. Read more »

Nurse sa Las Piñas nagpositibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 10:39 PM

MAYNILA - Isang healthcare worker sa Las Piñas City ang nagpositibo sa COVID-19 na lumabas ang kumpirmasyon nitong Huwebes. Read more »

PNP: Cops infected with COVID-19 now at 260

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 09:38 PM

Police officers are among those who continue to report for work under the lockdown as they serve as frontliners in enforcing quarantine guidelines. Read more »

UK health care workers begin COVID-19 hydroxychloroquine trial

Kylie MacLellan, Reuters
Posted at May 21 06:20 PM

The "COPCOV" study will involve more than 40,000 frontline health care workers from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America to determine if chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are effective in preventing the novel coronavirus. Read more »

Some 10,000 Iranian health workers infected with coronavirus - state media

Reuters
Updated as of May 21 06:32 PM

Health services are stretched thin in Iran, the Middle East country hardest hit by the respiratory pandemic, with 7,249 deaths and a total of 129,341 infections. Read more »

DFA: 6 more overseas Filipinos test positive for COVID-19; total now at 2,461

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Posted at May 21 05:43 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday 6 more Filipinos abroad were sick with COVID-19, raising the total tally of overseas infections among Filipino nationals to 2,461. Read more »

British drugmaker to make billion COVID vaccine doses if tests succeed

Aakash B, Reuters
Posted at May 21 05:25 PM

The British drugmaker said it had signed the first agreements to supply at least 400 million doses of the vaccine, which it is developing with Oxford University. Read more »

US orders 300 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Updated as of May 21 06:37 PM

The US government has ordered 300 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and hopes first doses can be made available by October, the Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.   Read more »

Duque: Wala pang ebidensiya na nakakahawa ang asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 11:50 AM

Sa pinakahuling report ng World Health Organization (WHO), walang ebidensiya na nagpapakita na nakakahawa ang mga asymptomatic, ayon kay Duque. Read more »

IATF adviser: 'Tawagin na lang nating next wave para walang away'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 02:22 AM

Instead of concentrating on semantics, focus should instead shift to preparing for another resurgence of COVID-19, he said. Read more »

Coronavirus strain in PH likely to have originated from India, expert says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 12:46 AM

A health expert said Wednesday the version of the SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in the Philippines could have originated from India. Read more »

US pharma firm says COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies in mice, guinea pigs

Deena Beasley, Reuters
Posted at May 20 08:38 PM

Inovio, which began human testing of its vaccine in April, said preliminary results from that trial are expected in June.  Read more »

Nurse who struggled with COVID-19 trauma later found dead in his car

Gabriella Borter, Reuters
Posted at May 20 08:04 PM

Frontline health-care workers are trying to cope with the trauma of treating the novel coronavirus, which has inundated US hospitals with desperately ill patients and killed more than 90,000 Americans in less than 3 months. Read more »

Cambodia lifts entry ban from six countries as coronavirus eases

Reuters
Posted at May 20 07:05 PM

Cambodia has lifted a ban on entry of visitors from Iran, Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the United States that had been put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Read more »