#COVID-19

132 Cebu City health workers positive for COVID-19; DOH-7 to deploy add’l personnel

Cebu City is facing another health issue after 132 medical personnel of different hospitals tested positive for COVID-19 amid the current lack of health frontline workers in the city. Current records show...

DOH: 9 regions have local Delta cases

The Department of Health (DOH) said local cases of the Delta variant have been detected in nine regions in the country, the majority of which are found in the National Capital Region (NCR), Region 7, and Region 4A.

PH reaches nearly 700-k jab rate

Deputy chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 Sec. Vince Dizon announced on Wednesday (August 4) that 680,883 jabs were administered yesterday, August 3.

PH receives 3-M Moderna doses from US gov’t

President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed today (Aug. 3) the arrival of 3,000,060 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States Government through the COVAX Facility. The latest batch of donation, which...

WHO: Limited Delta community transmission possible

The World Health Organization (WHO) said there is a possibility of an ongoing limited community transmission of the Delta variant in some regions of the country. 

Labor force likely to be hard-hit by 2-week ECQ – DOLE

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) forecasts a downtrend in labor force participation and an increase in unemployment rate in August, as some areas will be placed under stricter quarantine protocols to curb the spread of COVID-19 and other variants of concern this month.

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