The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Russia’s Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine an emergency use authorization (EUA), the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 announced today (Aug. 23).
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The Philippines recorded anew on Monday (Aug. 23) its highest daily reported COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic at 18,332, bringing the latest tally to 1,857,646.
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The House Ways and Means Committee approved Monday (Aug. 23) the proposed substitute provisions to the bill exempting critical medical supplies, including medical oxygen, from any and all taxes, following a...
The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) today report the detection of 466 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases, 90 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases, 105 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases, and 41 P.3 variant cases in the latest batch of whole-genome sequencing. A total of 746 samples submitted by 62 collecting institutions and different Centers for Health Development (CHD) were sequenced.
Despite the surge of cases and the ongoing modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), through the PRC Cebu Chapter, rolled out its Hot Meals on Wheels food truck last Saturday (Aug. 21), in Sitio Agbati, Hagnaya San Remigio.
Nakapagtala ang Department of Health (DOH) ngayong 4:00 n.h., Agosto 23, ng 18,332 na karagdagang kaso ng COVID-19. Mayroon namang naitalang 13,794 na gumaling at 151 na pumanaw.
