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OCTA: PH reproduction number at 1.55

The OCTA Research group reported that the country’s COVID-19 reproduction rate is at 1.55. In today’s (Aug. 17) Laging Handa public briefing, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the Philippines’ reproduction...

DOLE chief tests positive for COVID-19

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement issued by the department on Tuesday (Aug. 17), it bared that the source of the...

DOH: Mobility rate in NCR increased amid ECQ

The Department of Health (DOH) said the public’s mobility rate in Metro Manila has increased amid the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). In a statement on Tuesday (Aug. 17), DOH...

Remulla: Vax procurement not a ‘walk in the park’

Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla appealed to the national government for more vaccine allocation to the local government units (LGUs) in Calabarzon.

Duterte: ‘No strings attached’ in Chinese vaccine donation

President Rodrigo Duterte said in his late Monday night (Aug. 16) public address that China has yet to ask for anything in return from the Philippines for its donated COVID-19 vaccines.

Ospital ng Biñan uses parking lot as reception while patients wait for admission

Following a full stretch in capacity, Ospital ng Biñan in Laguna pitched makeshift hospital rooms in its parking lot to accommodate patients waiting for vacant hospital beds inside.

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