PCOO’s graph on world COVID-19 deaths excludes factors affecting mortality rate InterAksyon 1 day ago
The
Presidential Communications Operations Office shared a graph that only showed a partial picture of the COVID-19 death rate ranking of the Philippines worldwide.
In a post on May 10, the PCOO Global Media Affairs account released a graph that showed the Philippines supposedly has low death rate compared to other countries in the world, citing data from the Coronavirus Resource Center of the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
“LOOK: The Coronavirus Resource Center of the Johns Hopkins University and Medicine based in the US released on Sunday, May 9, the latest update on the mortality rate of the top 20 countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” the post read.
Published May 10, 2021, 3:46 PM
The Anti-Red Tape Authority is currently looking into a report that some pharmaceutical companies willing to set up vaccine manufacturing facilities have experienced extortion.
ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica was informed about this last Friday during his guesting at “The Virtual Presser” with foreign media hosted by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Global Media Affairs.
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (FACEBOOK/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
One of the reporters present at the press briefing relayed that his previous interview with an economic group revealed that about three pharmaceutical firms backed out from putting up vaccine plants in the country after they were asked to pay illegal fees.
Philippines ranked third in the COVID-19 case fatality rate in
Southeast Asia, according to a May 7 data from Our World In Data.
Our World In Data, a website providing global overview on how living conditions are changing, is “a collaborative effort between the researchers of the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development at the University of Oxford.”
Meanwhile, the case fatality rate ranking was shared by youth-oriented science organization Earth Shaker Philippines in response to an infographic posted by the state-run Philippine News Agency on Monday.
PNA reported that the country has a 92.7% recovery rate compared to its regional neighbors as of Sunday, citing data from Worldometer.
PCOO Pre-SONA series to cite PRRD s accomplishments in Bicol
Philippine Information Agency
10 May 2021, 20:38 GMT+10
LEGAZPI CITY, May 10 (PIA) The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), in partnership with the Office of the Cabinet Secretariat, will convene representatives from various sectors in the Bicol region and key government officials and secretaries for the Kasama sa Pamana: Regional Pre-SONA Series , May 11, Tuesday , 8:30AM at the Legazpi City Convention Center in Albay. The event will bring together cabinet secretaries and government officials from key departments to share updates and insights on the policies, programs and accomplishments of the administration, PCOO Undersecretary and FOI Program Director Atty. Kristian R. Ablan said.