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MANILA. The Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium has put up a tent to be able to serve more Covid-19 patients. (From DOH)
+ May 04, 2021 THE University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) has detected 678 additional cases with variants of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
As of Tuesday, May 4, 2021, a total of 2,181 cases with the variants B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1 and P.3 have been detected in the Philippines.
These four variants accounted for nearly 37 percent of the 5,917 sequenced samples that were assigned Sars-CoV-2 lineages, the Department of Health (DOH) said. It did not specify the lineage or lineages assigned to the rest.
BAGUIO CITY, May 3(PIA) — The Philippine Military Academy top officials presented today the best performing cadets of the PMA “MASALIGAN” Class of 2021 who will graduate next Monday, May 10. Topping the 164-strong graduating class is Cadet First Class Janrey Artus of San Enrique, Negros Occidental. Artus whose father is a retired soldier and […]
Philippine Red Cross Isolation Facility (Photo from PRC)
This was bared by Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) Executive Director Dr. Jaime C. Montoya during a televised public briefing on Monday, May 3.
“Tinitingnan na po natin ngayon ay mga quarantine facilities ng Philippine Red Cross, kasama po natin sila sa pagaaral na isasagawa (We are looking at the quarantine facilities of the Philippine Red Cross, they are with us in the study that will be conducted),” he said.
He clarified that the participation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients with mild to moderate cases in the clinical trial is “voluntary”.
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In public schools, School Year (SY) 2020-2021 started on Oct. 5, after it was postponed twice due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Without face-to-face classes, students and teachers learn and teach using multiple learning delivery modalities.
The use of alternative modalities of learning delivery is not an entirely a new concept in the Philippines. It has been used by the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Alternative Learning System (ALS) program, a parallel learning system that provides opportunities for out-of-school youth and adult (OSYA) learners.
However, it is the first time that such learning set-up was implemented in a very large scale – making the transition a major challenge for everyone.