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Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administers President Rodrigo Duterte’s first shot of Sinopharm vaccine in this photo taken on May 3. Photo credit: Philippine Star c/o Sen. Bong Go Facebook page
President Rodrigo R. Duterte is yet to be fully vaccinated, his spokesman clarified on Friday night, after it had been earlier announced that the president had received his second jab against COVID-19.
Palace spokesman Herminio L. Roque, Jr. issued the clarification hours after he had said that Presidential Security Guard (PSG) Chief Jesus P. Durante III was correct when he told the state-run People’s Television Network that Mr. Duterte had already received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd..
COVID-19 cases up by 6,812
June 25, 2021 | 6:44 pm
COVID-19 cases up by 6,812
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DoH) reported 6,812 coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic started in 2020 to 1,385,053.
The death toll rose by 116 to 24,152, while recoveries increased by 2,867 to 1,305,608 million, it said in a bulletin.
There are currently 55,293 active cases according to the DoH, 4.6% of which are asymptomatic, 90.8% of which are mild, 1.35% of which are moderate, 1.9% of which are severe, and 1.3% of which are critical,
It said 19 duplicates had been removed from the tally, 12 of which were tagged as recoveries. Sixty-one recoveries were reclassified as deaths.
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Tacloban City (CNN Philippines, June 25) Maasin City Mayor Nacional Mercado has urged the national government to bring in more assistance in his city s fight against the spread of coronavirus.
In a letter dated June 23 and addressed to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Mercado requested that his city be prioritized in the allocation of vaccine doses.
“We humbly request to be prioritized in the giving of vaccine doses thus allowing an increase of COVID-19 allocation to serve the demand of our beloved constituents who are in dire need of protection,” Mercado wrote.
The mayor said infections spiked to 140, with an average daily attack rate of 15.30 per 100,000 population in the past two weeks.
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