Philippines 11 Apr 2021
A devotee holds a image of Black Nazarene while attending outside of the Quiapo Church in Manila. Only 6,000 people or 400 person per mass are allowed inside the church on the day of the Feast of the Black Nazarene to maintain the health protocols during COVID19 pandemic.- INQUIRER
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Despite warnings to devotees by health authorities to steer clear of Quiapo Church in Manila on Saturday (Jan 9), the Feast of the Black Nazarene, to avert a widespread transmission of the new coronavirus, church officials are worried that many will still show up for the country’s largest religious event.
DOH reports 285 Covid-19 recoveries Friday
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In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH also reported 1,776 new Covid-19 cases, with active cases now at 25,158 or 5.2 percent of all Covid-19 infections. (PCI photo)
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported 285 new recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing its total to 449,330 or 92.9 percent of all Covid-19 cases in the country.
In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH also reported 1,776 new Covid-19 cases, with active cases now at 25,158 or 5.2 percent of all Covid-19 infections.
Of the active cases, it said the majority at 82.6 percent are experiencing mild symptoms, followed by the asymptomatic at 8.6 percent, those in critical condition at 5.4 percent, those with severe symptoms at 2.9 percent, and those with moderate symptoms at 0.48 percent.
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The Department of Health (DOH) has called on the public to celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene at home amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Quiapo Church and the Healthcare Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19 (HPAAC) also made the same appeal to the public.
“If possible, do not go to the Quiapo Church. We can pray as a family in our respective homes,” said Quiapo Church Reverend Monsignor Hernando M. Coronel in Filipino.
“There are also many parishes in the National Capital Region and nearby provinces that celebrate novena and fiesta masses, so we don’t really have to go to Quiapo Church,” he added.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 29) – Medical frontliners stress they should be highly prioritized in the national COVID-19 vaccination program amid reports that some soldiers and Presidential Security Group (PSG) personnel have been immunized with unregistered vaccine.
Filipino Nurses United Secretary-General Jocelyn Andamo pointed out to CNN Philippines’ Rico Hizon on Tuesday that health workers are more prone to contract COVID-19 due to the nature of their work.
“It is sad to know that some people were vaccinated already, yet they have been telling before that medical frontliners should be the first to receive the vaccine,” Andamo lamented.
Alliance of Health Workers National President Robert Mendoza insisted in the same interview that the COVID-19 vaccine that will be administered to the people must pass the Philippine Food and Drug Administration regulations and Phase 3 clinical trials, registered by the agency, safe, and effective.
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Groups are pushing for the provision of health insurance for students who will take part in the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes as recommended by the Department of Education (DepEd).
Aral Pilipinas, a group composed of education practitioners, parents, students, and development workers advocating for the continuity of education in times of crises and in the face of multiple vulnerabilities, said that the government should provide health insurance to students who will be part of the dry run to ensure their health as well as their family’s well-being.
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Magbigay ng health insurance
para sa lahat ng mag-aaral na sasailalim sa face-to-face classes (Provide health insurance for all students undergoing face-to-face classes),” Aral Pilipinas said. “