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Rise in COVID-19 cases in Northern Samar traced to church concert - governor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 01:25 PM

The recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Northern Samar province has been traced to a church concert, its governor Edwin Ongchuan said Saturday. Read more »

Mga COVID-19-positive sa Matandang Balara, QC umabot sa 200

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 07:58 PM

Umabot na sa 200 ang kaso ng COVID-19 sa Barangay Matandang Balara, Quezon City.  Read more »

Hawaan sa inuman: QC cracks down on drinking sessions turned superspreader events

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 09:49 AM

MANILA - The Quezon City government is cracking down on drinking sessions among families, friends and neighbors that turn into superspreader events.  Read more »

Liga ng mga Barangay, suportado utos na pag-aresto sa mga kabaro kung may mass gathering

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 04:31 PM

Suportado ng Liga ng mga Barangay ang utos ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na arestuin ang mga chairperson kapag may maganap na paglabag sa health protocol tulad ng mass gathering sa kanilang lugar. Read more »

Warrantless arrests allowed if barangay leaders present in super-spreader events: Roque

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 11:24 AM

Barangay leaders who are present at mass gatherings that turn into super-spreader events could be arrested without warrant, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said Thursday. Read more »

54 attendees of pool party in Quezon City test positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 12:34 AM

Mass gatherings that defied existing quarantine restrictions in the Philippines are being investigated by authorities. Read more »

Restriksiyon sa pangangampanya asahan para sa halalan sa 2022: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 09:32 PM

Dapat asahan ang pagbabago sa pangangampanya sa paparating na halalan, ayon sa Commission on Elections.  Read more »

DOH: Large community pantries are potential COVID ‘superspreaders’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 11:21 PM

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said pantry organizers must coordinate with the local government to ensure that health protocols are followed in a such setup. Read more »

Solon urges PSA to halt face-to-face data collection after staff tests positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 10:18 PM

Albay Rep. Joey Salceda asked the Philippine Statistics Authority to stop the face-to-face and door-to-door data collection for the national ID as 400 individuals in his province are quarantined after a data enumerator tested positive for COVID-19.   Read more »

Mga 'superspreader' party sa Boracay iniimbestigahan ng LGU

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 01:45 PM

MAYNILA - Pinaiimbestigahan ang mga umano’y “superspreader” na party sa isla ng Boracay.  Read more »

Superspreader virus fears for massive India religious gathering

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 07:31 AM

NEW DELHI - A huge religious gathering in northern India could fuel a surge in COVID-19 cases, the government warned Sunday as it called for an increase in testing and other health prot Read more »

OCTA Group says yet to see impact of Nazarene feast, new COVID-19 variant on PH caseload

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 12:10 PM

MANILA - The OCTA Research Group said on Saturday that they have yet to see the effects of the Traslacion and the new variant of COVID-19 virus.   Read more »

20 phrases that defined 2020

Tim Herrera, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 20 11:55 AM

Happy Blursday! Now quit doomscrolling, grab a quarantini and please keep social distancing. Imagine explaining that sentence to yourself in December 2019. Read more »

What happens when a superspreader event keeps spreading

Michael Wines and Amy Harmon, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 13 01:30 PM

The analysis of 28 cases determined that each person had been infected with a strain of the coronavirus, named C2416T, that had not previously been seen in the United States. Read more »

DOH probes text blast on outdoor Christmas parties, warns vs COVID-19 spread

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 03:45 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday said it did not approve a text blast advising people to have outdoor Christmas parties instead as restrictions against COVID-19 continue.  Read more »

Fauci says Trump's COVID-19 infection was no surprise. Trump called him a 'disaster.'

Frances Robles and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 20 07:26 AM

The battle between President Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci heated up Monday, with the president ripping into the government’s top infectious disease expert, calling him a disaster. Read more »

The coronavirus may be adrift in indoor air, CDC acknowledges

Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 06 07:27 AM

Two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took down a statement about airborne transmission of the coronavirus, the agency Monday replaced it with language citing new evidence that the virus can spread beyond 6 feet indoors. Read more »

Seven dead, dozens infected after 'superspreader' wedding in rural US

Joseph Prezioso, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 04:01 PM

MILLINOCKET - A wedding in rural Maine became a coronavirus "superspreader" event that left seven people dead and 177 infected, renewing fear of the disease in the northeastern US state that had hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind it. Read more »

Most people with coronavirus won’t spread it. Why do a few infect many?

Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 30 02:48 PM

Now researchers are trying to figure out why so few people spread the virus to so many. They’re trying to answer 3 questions: Who are the superspreaders? When does superspreading take place? And where? Read more »

'Superspreader' may have infected 15 people in S. Korea

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 20 07:02 AM

SEOUL - A "superspreader" is suspected of giving the new coronavirus to 15 other people in South Korea as health authorities reported 20 new infection cases on Wednesday to bring the nation's total to 51.   Read more »