It is important to strictly practice physical distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a pediatric infectious disease specialist reminded the public on Wednesday, March 10.
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+ January 26, 2021 ADJUSTMENTS to the newly amended national guidelines on community quarantine and preparations for the mass vaccination program were discussed during the 3rd virtual meeting of the Bacolod City Covid-19 Vaccination (CoVac) Council Sunday, January 24, 2021.
Presided by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, the virtual dialogue heavily touched on the latest amendments to the National Inter-Agency Task Force’s (NIATF) Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines.
Bacolod City has been placed under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) for several months now. MGCQ is considered the lowest community quarantine status as per NIATF guidelines.
Section 5 (3) of the amended Omnibus Guidelines provides that for areas placed under MGCQ, “[a]ny person below ten (10) years old, those who are over sixty-five (65) years of age and above, those with immunodeficiency, comorbidity, or other health risks, and pregnant
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 23) Children as young as five and 10 years old are among the COVID-19 patients found with the new variant in Bontoc, Mountain Province, according to the Department of Health.
“We have cases as young as 5 and 10 years (old),” Dr. Thea de Guzman from the DOH’s Epidemiology Bureau disclosed in a media briefing on Saturday. One other patient is below 18 years old.
The three minors are among the country s 16 additional cases of the coronavirus variant first discovered in the United Kingdom and believed to be more contagious. The first detected case in the Philippines, a Quezon City resident who returned from a trip to Dubai, has since recovered.
December 28, 2020
The government will strengthen the country’s capacity for “biogenomic surveillance” to diagnose viruses in the country, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said this Sunday.
At a press briefing, Duque said it was a needed measure after the discovery of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the United Kingdom (UK).
Countries continue to increase the number of new COVID-19 variants that started in the UK.
Canada reported the most recent cases, with 2 new variants from couples in Ontario, with no travel history and exposure or high-risk contact.
At the same press briefing, experts explained that mutations in viruses, living organisms that change and adapt to the environment, are normal.