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WHO: Omicron, sublineages maaaring magdulot ng malalang sakit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 07:44 PM

Sinabi ng isang eksperto na dapat paigtingin ang pag-iingat para mapigilan ang pagkalat ng virus. Read more »

Japan first-quarter GDP shrank as omicron wave hit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 09:06 AM

Japan's economy shrank 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2022, official data showed Wednesday, hit by Covid-19 restrictions forced by an omicron surge and the effect of higher prices. Read more »

Bagong subvariant, maaaring palitan ang 'stealth' omicron: eksperto

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 04:33 PM

Hindi malayong mapalitan ng bagong-tukoy na omicron BA.2.12.1 ang BA.2 o 'stealth omicron' bilang dominant variant sa bansa, ayon sa isang eksperto. Read more »

PH logs 588 severe, critical COVID-19 cases

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 04:21 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday that 588 or 10.6 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition. Read more »

North Korea confirms first Covid-19 death in 'explosive' outbreak

Cat Barton and Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 08:32 AM

North Korea confirmed its first ever Covid-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide. Read more »

Removing China’s Covid controls could result in 1.5 million deaths: study

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 11 09:20 AM

China could see more than 1.5 million deaths from a wave of Omicron infections without Covid-19 controls and the use of antiviral therapies. Read more »

PH logs 611 severe, critical COVID-19 cases

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 05:11 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday that 611 or 11.9 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition. Read more »

'Poblacion girl' indicted for quarantine breach

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 03:28 PM

Makati prosecutors recommended criminal charges against a Filipina traveler who violated COVID-19 quarantine rules last December. Read more »

WHO: 2 sub-variants driving South Africa COVID spike

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 02:30 AM

Omicron has long been known to have several sub-variants, with BA.2 by far the most dominant. Read more »

PH reports 723 severe, critical COVID-19 cases

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 06:15 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday 723 or 13.4 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition. Read more »

Lockdown ‘malabo’ kung masusunod health standards: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 03:17 PM

Kung magka-lockdown man, magiging granular na lamang ito at di sasakop ng malakihang mga lugar, ayon kay DOH executive Myrna Cabotaje. Read more »

PH's first BA.2.12 patient had 44 close contacts: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 03:20 PM

Forty-four close contacts of the Philippines' first case of the omicron BA.2.12 subvariant have been identified as of Thursday, the DOH said. Read more »

Get booster amid omicron BA.2.12 threat: expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 09:13 AM

An expert warned that slow booster uptake could drive a fresh surge of COVID cases in the country amid the threat of a new sub-lineage of omicron. Read more »

PH logs 726 severe, critical COVID-19 cases

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 04:29 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday that 726 or 12.8 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition. Read more »

Shanghai cautiously eases lockdown as deaths rise

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 20 02:29 PM

China reported 7 COVID-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities. Read more »

370-M under some form of lockdown in China due to COVID

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 19 07:51 AM

About 373 million people in 45 cities across China have come under some form of lockdown due to a surge in coronavirus cases. Read more »

DOH reports 664 severe, critical virus cases

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 04:08 PM

The Philippines' health department said Monday that 664 or 11.5 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition. Read more »

WHO: Pandemic 'far from over' as case counts fall

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 03:10 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic is 'far from over' despite a global decline in infections, the World Health Organization said. Read more »

DOH sees 500K COVID cases if public too lax over rules

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 11:38 AM

Waning compliance with pandemic guidelines could push active coronavirus infections to around half a million by the middle of May, the DOH warned. Read more »

WHO experts insist Covid still a global emergency

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 03:38 AM

The WHO's emergency committee on Covid-19 on Wednesday unanimously affirmed that the virus remains a major public health danger and insisted that countries must stop dropping their guard. Read more »