The Omicron variant is three to five times more highly transmissible than the Delta variant, and that there is a big possibility that there is already community transmission of Omicron due to the rising number of cases, an infectious disease expert said on Saturday, Jan. 8.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday released a set of home quarantine guidelines for individuals positive who have been infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to keep hospitals from being congested as new infections continue to rise.
The global number of new COVID-19 cases increased sharply by 71 percent last week compared to the previous week, but the number of new deaths decreased by 10 percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
A local pharmaceutical company is eyeing the manufacture of Molnupiravir, an oral medicine said to reduce severe symptoms of COVID-19, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said.
Kasalukuyang naka-confine sa isolation facility si Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Andres Centino matapos itong magpositibo sa COVID-19.
