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With most of their beds at full capacity, many of Cebu City’s COVID facilities are in the danger zone

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 19 11:45 AM

If you look at each individual hospital in the city, our resident expert explains, you will notice that most of the large ones are overwhelmed. They need help badly—and soon. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Will the rainy season make it safer for us to go out amid COVID-19 or will it pose more problems?

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 18 01:39 PM

Wetter weather is upon us. How will this complicate the COVID crisis? BY MAAN D’ASIS PAMARAN Read more »

DoH’s new COVID tracker site is a vast improvement in their efforts to provide desperately needed data

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 10:56 PM

While it isn’t perfect, our resident expert believes it is a milestone for the Health Agency, and recommends that everyone visit it. Meanwhile, recoveries slightly go up while our death rate slightly goes down. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

From its first COVID case last week, Ormoc now has 35 in a span of five days

ANCX
Posted at Jun 16 10:53 PM

The influx of new cases in Leyte underscores the numbers in region VII and VIII, which our resident expert says may have the potential to shift the epicenter of virus to Visayas. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

PH immigration bureau bans foreigner in viral Dasma quarantine scuffle

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 01:26 PM

The Philippines' immigration bureau said Tuesday it had permanently banned from entering the country a Spanish national who allegedly violated quarantine measures and later scuffled with police at an exclusive Makati subdivision. Read more »

PH recovery rate improves with 298 COVID recoveries recorded today

ANCX
Posted at Jun 15 09:41 PM

A “day of hope” to start off the week well: NCR new cases are fewer and the overall COVID-19 death rate is lower despite conducting more than 10,000 tests a day while our recovery rate is up. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Eastern Visayas reported almost 60 COVID cases overnight, mostly from Leyte

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 14 11:53 PM

The region had the third most number of new COVID counts yesterday, behind Central Visayas, and the National Capital Region, which had a rash of new cases. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Thailand might start accepting foreign travelers from some countries soon

ANCX
Posted at Jun 14 08:08 PM

Plus, New Zealand is down to alert level one, Belgium gives its citizens free train tickets, and New York says it has tamed the COVID beast. BY JACS T. SAMPAYAN Read more »

There is a surge of new COVID cases in highly dense areas—are we making full use of our quarantine facilities?

ANCX
Posted at Jun 13 10:19 PM

Why are our LGUs locking down barangays when we supposedly have many facilities at our disposable, wonders our resident expert. Are these facilities simply for media mileage? BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Cebu City now has the highest number of COVID cases among Philippine cities

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 13 06:25 AM

With a total 2,602 cases in total, Cebu City beats out all of the cities in NCR including hotspots QC and Manila. Cebu City also has the highest infection density in the country, with 2,820/million people. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

The Philippines records its highest daily tally of COVID recoveries in a day

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 12 10:42 AM

Two hundred seventy recoveries were recorded yesterday and 443 newly reported cases. Our fatality rate also continues to go down. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Our COVID expert on the amount of risks we face going back to our workplace, gyms, parks

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 12 10:31 AM

From basketball courts and barbershops to public transportation and your own workplace, our resident expert breaks down the amount of risk you will be taking in being infected with COVID if you were to go to them. BY BENJAMIN CO M.D. Read more »

Most new COVID cases reported today have no location ID—how can we do contact tracing?

ANCX
Posted at Jun 10 09:53 PM

How can we do contact tracing if we don’t know where they come from, asks our resident expert. Cebu City also takes over from QC in terms of total number of cases. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Outbreaks in cities with little to no previous COVID cases must be closely monitored

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 11 09:42 AM

257 new cases under the category of “others” were reported today, more than either NCR and Region 7. Our resident expert warns that new outbreaks may come from these areas without testing and contact tracing. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Total number of COVID cases increase by 1,200 in Region 7, making it the highest in PH

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 08 10:26 PM

Central Visayas has become worrisome says our resident expert. With new cases pouring in the past week, the region currently has the highest COVID growth rate in the country. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Vietnam has no new locally-transmitted COVID case for more than 50 days

ANCX
Posted at Jun 07 09:52 PM

Plus, New Zealand has been steady for 16 days, Greece restarts its hotel industry, and major movements in vaccine development. BY JACS T. SAMPAYAN Read more »

Cities with high death rates like Lipa, Naga, and Dumaguete should do more contact tracing

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 07 09:55 PM

As the COVID deaths in the country surpass 1,000, cities with cases that are fewer than 50, but have death rates higher than 10 percent should be paid more attention. Our resident expert says that aggressive testing and contract tracing should be conducted in these areas. BY BENJAMIN CO MD  Read more »

How companies can help ease your mind as you go back to working in the office again

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 10 05:55 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified underlying mental health issues, gaps in workforce policies, and lapses in the healthcare system. What can we do to stave off this looming concern, especially as more and more people go back to the office? BY GELO DIONORA Read more »

Lipa, San Juan, Muntinlupa, and Pasig have the highest COVID death rates among PH cities

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 06 10:39 PM

Our resident expert suggests that more testing should be done in areas with high death rates, but low positive cases. This suggests they are not testing enough nor are they doing ample contact tracing. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

We tried the new takeout meals from 3 of Manila’s most admired chefs and here’s the verdict

ANCX
Posted at Jun 06 12:25 PM

The chefs of Gallery by Chele, The Test Kitchen, and Sambar Homestyle Asian Food have created brand new pandemic-driven food concepts to bring sustenance, comfort, and delight to their hungry customers stuck at home. By CYRENE DE LA ROSA Read more »