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Palace: Shift to Alert Level 4 possible once HCUR increases

MANILA – The national government will not think twice about escalating the alert level status in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring areas should the healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) reach the threshold for Alert Level 4, Malacañang said on Monday (Jan. 10).

World Insights: Africa’s 10-M COVID-19 cases highlight need to strengthen global solidarity against pandemic

NAIROBI - The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has exceeded the 10 million mark with the rapid transmission of the Omicron variant, which has surfaced in at least 33 African nations.

India reports alarming spike in COVID-19 cases

NEW DELHI - India on Sunday reported 159,632 new COVID-19 cases, which is over a five-fold increase since the beginning of the New Year. On Jan. 1, the total number of new cases was only 27,553.

Statement of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on the latest IATF recommendations, Jan. 9, 2022

In view of the increasing hospital care utilization rate, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Sub-Technical Working Group (sTWG) on Data Analytics has recommended the following to the National Task Force (NTF) Health Facilities Sub-Cluster:

DOH records 28-K new COVID-19 cases

The Department of Health on Sunday (Jan. 9) recorded 28,707 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the Philippines to 2,965,447.

India sees surge of 159,632 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 35,528,004

NEW DELHI, Jan. 9 — India's COVID-19 tally rose to 35,528,004 on Sunday as a steep rise of 159,632 new daily cases were registered, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.

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