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DOH reports 16 new Arcturus cases, total now 44

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 01:19 PM

The Philippines has detected 16 new cases of omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, raising its tally to 44, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

Philippines records 11,667 COVID cases in past week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 29 05:41 PM

The Philippines has recorded 11,667 COVID-19 cases last week, the Department of Health's latest case bulletin showed Monday. Read more »

Omicron subvariant Arcturus cases rise to 28: DOH

Davinci Maru and Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 04:58 PM

The Department of Health on Thursday reported 17 more cases of omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 in the country. Read more »

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine delivery delayed anew

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 03:19 PM

The delivery of the country's first bivalent COVID-19 vaccines will be delayed again, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

PH adds 12,426 COVID-19 cases in past week

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 12:53 AM

The Philippines logged 12,426 COVID-19 cases last week, the Department of Health's latest case bulletin showed Monday. Read more »

DOH: RITM to resume COVID-19 testing

Willard Cheng , ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 05:53 PM

The Department of Health said Friday the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine may now resume RT-PCR testing for COVID-19. Read more »

Heart Center restricts visitors as COVID cases rise

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 03:50 PM

The Philippine Heart Center is implementing a 'no visitor policy' until further notice due to the rise of COVID-19 infections. Read more »

43pct of COVID deaths so far this year are unvaccinated

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 06:38 PM

The Department of Health on Tuesday disclosed that 43 percent of COVID-19-related deaths in the country so far this year were unvaccinated. Read more »

PH logs 12,414 COVID cases, up 31 pct in past week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 07:15 PM

The Philippines recorded 12,414 COVID-19 cases last week, up 31 percent in daily infections, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

COVID positivity rate in Metro Manila hits 25.4 pct: OCTA

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 10:03 AM

The weekly COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila climbed to 25.4 percent as of May 13, according to pandemic monitor OCTA Research. Read more »

Philippines logs 3 more cases of Arcturus; total now 4

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 03:34 PM

The Philippines has detected 3 additional cases of omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, raising its tally to 4, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

Gordon: PH shouldn’t rest on laurels on pandemic response

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 02:29 PM

PRC chairman Richard Gordon said the country should not rest on its laurels in so far as its response to the COVID-19 pandemic is concerned. Read more »

DOH: Don't be complacent, COVID pandemic not over

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 09 05:26 PM

The pandemic is not yet over, the Department of Health said Tuesday, following WHO's lifting of the public health emergency status on COVID-19. Read more »

COVID no longer a global emergency, but expert says pandemic not over

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 04:34 PM

While COVID-19 is no longer considered a global emergency, the pandemic is nowhere near over, an infectious diseases expert said Monday. Read more »

DOH: COVID cases rise 112 pct in first week of May

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 07:52 PM

The Philippines recorded _ COVID-19 cases in the first week of May, according to the Department of Health's latest case bulletin. Read more »

UP Cebu classes return online as COVID-19 cases rise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 03:02 PM

UP Cebu on Thursday decided to shift classes online for the next few days due to rising "probable" COVID-19 cases. Read more »

COVID positivity rate in Metro Manila rises to 19.7 pct: OCTA

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 04 04:52 PM

Metro Manila's weekly COVID-19 positivity rate rose to 19.7 percent as of May 2, according to pandemic monitor OCTA Research. Read more »

Metro Manila COVID positivity rate spikes to 18.8 pct: OCTA

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 10:35 AM

The weekly COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila further rose to 18.8 percent as of May 1, according to pandemic monitor OCTA Research. Read more »

DOH sees 600 daily COVID cases until June

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 05:08 PM

The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Philippines may remain at 600 until June, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

IATF to Marcos: No need to restore mandatory masking

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 04:28 PM

The country's pandemic task force is not recommending reimposing strict mask rules amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases, the DOH said Tuesday. Read more »