#COVID-19

China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.

The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, Nov. 26, stressed that vaccination is the key to prevent emergence of new COVID-19 variants.

The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Friday, Nov. 25, the detection of Omicron subvariant BQ.1 in the country.

The Metro Manila COVID-19 positivity rate spiked up from 7.4 to 9.2, the OCTA Research Group reported Thursday, Nov. 24.

MANILA -- The Philippines reported 775 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 4,005,840.

The daily average of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases decreased by 22 percent from Oct. 17 to 23, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday.