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NCR COVID positivity rate spikes to 18.9 pct: OCTA

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Posted at Sep 30 04:57 PM

Metro Manila's COVID-19 positivity rate or the percentage of tests turning out positive for the virus rose this week, a think tank said. Read more »

OCTA: Number of COVID cases may be higher amid low testing rate

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 04:48 PM

The Health Department records a growing number of COVID-19 cases in the capital region. Read more »

COVID-19 cases tumaas sa lahat ng rehiyon

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Updated as of Jul 02 06:44 PM

Ang mababang bilang ng may COVID-19 booster shots ang nakikitang dahilan ng mga analyst kaya tumataas ang mga kaso ng COVID. Read more »

Number of Filipinos unwilling to get vaccinated rising, says OCTA study

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 02:17 PM

There is an increasing number of Filipinos unwilling to get vaccinated, an independent research group said Thursday. Read more »

OCTA Research says will continue political surveys

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 08:34 PM

A member of the OCTA Research Group on Monday said it will continue to conduct political surveys despite being investigated by a House panel for its methodologies and studies on the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

OCTA fellow backs vaccinating NCR, nearby provinces first

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Updated as of Apr 14 01:59 PM

Prioritizing vaccination in the National Capital Region and its adjacent provinces given the limited supply of COVID-19 shots would help jumpstart the economy, a fellow of the OCTA Research Group said Wednesday. Read more »

OCTA research: Publiko mag-'personal ECQ' muna sa pagdami ng bagong COVID-19 cases

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Updated as of Mar 16 07:15 PM

Nananawagan ang grupong OCTA Research sa publiko na magsagawa ng "personal ECQ" ngayong inaasahang lolobo sa 10,000 hanggang 11,000 ang bilang ng kaso ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19) kada araw bago matapos ang Marso kung hindi mababago angkasalukuyang reproduction rate.   Read more »

‘Risky at the moment’: OCTA Research, tutol sa pag-alis ng COVID-19 testing sa mga turista

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 05:40 PM

Hindi pa napapanahon para alisin ang COVID-19 test bago bumiyahe papunta sa mga tourism destinations sa bansa, ito ang pahayag ng OCTA Research Group, Miyerkoles ng umaga. Read more »

Survey on accuracy of government COVID-19 data wake-up call for DOH— UP prof

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 06:09 PM

MANILA - The survey result that showed Filipinos are divided on the accuracy of government’s data on COVID-19 patients should be a wake up call to the Department of Health.   Read more »

For a merry X'mas this year, PH has to flatten the curve—and sustain it: UP researchers

Gillian Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 02:21 PM

Flattening the curve is only the beginning of the recovery from the pandemic, according to Dr. Guido David of UP. It can take "several months" before the Philippines can manage the pandemic, he said Wednesday.  Read more »

Metro Manila MECQ to prevent up to 70,000 new COVID-19 cases: UP prof

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 01:14 PM

Metro Manila's 2-week modified lockdown will prevent 50,000 to 70,000 new COVID-19 infections by end of August, a University of the Philippines researcher said Monday.   Read more »

Metro Manila’s modified lockdown should be longer, UP researchers urge

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Posted at May 28 11:04 AM

A group of researchers from the University of the Philippines on Thursday urged the government to extend the modified lockdown of 12 million people in Metro Manila and other high-risk areas to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.    Read more »