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Delta does not appear to make children sicker: study

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 12:05 PM

The Delta variant of the coronavirus does not appear to cause more severe disease in children than earlier forms of the virus, a UK study suggests. Read more »

Ospital sa Davao puno na dahil sa COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 02:59 PM

Mga moderate hanggang kritikal na kaso lang muna ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ang tinatanggap sa Southern Philippines Medical Center. Read more »

Basehan sa pagbago ng COVID alert levels sa NCR, hinihingi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 12:24 PM

'I hope, merong metrics nga na ilalagay ang ating gobyerno para alam kaagad nila kailan ba dapat iakyat nila 'yung alert level,' sabi ni Dr. Maricar Limpin. Read more »

'Mas simpleng' quarantine status sa NCR pinagpaplanuhan

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Updated as of Sep 05 06:23 PM

Planong magpatupad ng mga alkalde ng Metro Manila ng anila'y "mas simpleng" quarantine status. Read more »

Ospital ng Sampaloc hits capacity, as COVID cases rise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 08:48 PM

In an advisory Saturday, the hospital said it cannot anymore accommodate COVID-19 patients needing hospital admission. Read more »

Hard lockdown ipinatutupad sa barangay sa Mandaluyong

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Updated as of Aug 25 12:23 PM

MAYNILA - Bantay-sarado ng mga pulis ang entry point ng Sitio 2 sa Barangay San Jose sa Mandaluyong CIty na nakasailalim sa granular lockdown. Read more »

Bulacan Medical Center may mga COVID patients na buntis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 06:55 PM

Napupuno na rin ng COVID-19 patients ang Bulacan Medical Center, sa harap ng pagdami ng mga may COVID-19 sa maraming bahagi ng bansa. Read more »

Special concern lockdown ipinapatupad sa 48 lugar sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 12:59 PM

MAYNILA - Umakyat na sa 48 ang bilang ng mga lugar na isinailalim sa special concern lockdown sa Quezon City bunsod ng pagdami ng kaso ng COVID-19. Read more »

Bawal lumabas kahit sino: 40 QC barangay nakalockdown

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Updated as of Aug 11 10:59 AM

Umabot na sa 40 mga barangay sa Quezon City ang isinailalim na preventive granular lockdown para mapigilan ang pagkalat ng COVID-19 sa komunidad. Read more »

Mobile Legends: MPL Season 8 postponed due to ECQ

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Posted at Aug 05 08:05 PM

In a statement, MPL - Philippines said it sought to prioritize the health and safety of their players. Read more »

TIPS: Mga dapat paghandaan bago ang NCR ECQ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 04:17 PM

Sa harap ng banta ng COVID-19 Delta variant at pagdami ng COVID-19 cases, may ibinahaging tips ang ilang eksperto para masigurong handa para sa lockdown sa Kamaynilaan simula Agosto 6. Read more »

Subdivision sa Dasmariñas, Cavite, isinailalim sa lockdown sa pagsipa ng kaso ng COVID

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Updated as of Aug 03 04:54 PM

Subdivision sa Dasmariñas, Cavite, isinailalim sa lockdown sa pagsipa ng kaso ng COVID Read more »

Himpilan ng pulisya sa Iloilo isinailalim sa lockdown

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Posted at Jul 30 01:23 PM

Pansamantalang naka-lockdown ang Alimodian Municipal Police Station sa Iloilo matapos magpositibo sa COVID-19 ang 20 pulis doon. Read more »

Parañaque imposes granular lockdown in 2 areas over suspected Delta variant case

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Updated as of Jul 30 09:26 AM

MANILA - The local government of Parañaque on Friday said it imposed a granular and calibrated lockdown on two alleys in Barangay San Dionisio as a preventive measure against a suspected case of the highly infectious Delta variant. Read more »

Thailand warns COVID-19 surge pushing hospitals to the brink

Reuters
Posted at Jul 29 10:53 PM

Hospitals in Thailand's capital Bangkok and surrounding province are running out of beds due to a jump in COVID-19 patients, a health official said on Thursday, as the country reported a record number of infections for the fourth time this week. Read more »

COVID-19 surge starting to ease in Indonesia capital, data shows

Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 05:14 PM

JAKARTA - As Indonesia grapples with a devastating wave of coronavirus infections, Jakarta government data shows a fall in cases and easing pressure on hospitals in the capital, even as the situation worsens in other parts of the archipelago. Read more »

How the Delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus

Julie Steenhuysen, Alistair Smout and Ari Rabinovitch, Reuters
Posted at Jul 26 06:37 PM

The Delta variant is the fastest, fittest and most formidable version of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 the world has encountered, and it is upending assumptions about the disease even as nations loosen restrictions and open their economies, according to virologists and epidemiologists. Read more »

South Korea reports highest daily increase in COVID-19 cases

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 04:42 PM

SEOUL - South Korea on Thursday reported another daily record of 1,842 coronavirus cases, as it struggles to tame its worst-ever wave of outbreaks amid rising infections nationwide fuelled by the more contagious Delta variant. Read more »

'Don't get sick': Indonesia's poor miss out on COVID-19 care

Kate Lamb, Tom Allard and Stanley Widianto, Reuters
Posted at Jul 19 06:00 PM

In the teeming, impoverished North Jakarta neighborhood of Muara Baru, people have made a grim joke out of the acronym for the Indonesian government's lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic: PPKM. Read more »

Spain struggles to contain COVID-19 as contagion rate rises

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 07:17 AM

MADRID - Spain's two-week coronavirus contagion rate rose to 537 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on Friday, according to health ministry data, as the country struggled to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases. Read more »