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(PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - The Department of Health on Monday logged 951 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the lowest single-day tally so far for this year. The figure is slightly higher than the 899 infections reported on Dec. 29, 2021 -- the last time the country saw three-digit daily new cases. It pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,661,997. The active cases went down 52,179 after 1,717 new recoveries were logged. About 528 of the active cases are asymptomatic, 47,157 are mild, 2,779 are moderate, 1,417 are severe and 298 are critical. Mean...

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (File photo) MANILA - The Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over, and the country has not yet reached the endemic state of the virus, a health official said Monday. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made this comment a day after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) placed Metro Manila and 38 other areas under the lowest Alert Level 1 status from March 1 to 15. "Ang ibig sabihin po ng endemic state ay ang virus ay nandiyan na kasama na po naten dito sa ating buhay, ngunit, acceptable na ...

MANILA - The Department of Health on Sunday recorded 1,038 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and 1,999 more recoveries. Of 52,961 active cases, 47,910 are mild, 2,780 are moderate, 556 are asymptomatic, 1,417 are severe, and 298 are critical. There were 53,934 active cases on Saturday. The figures pushed the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,661,049 and recovered cases to 3,551,687. "Of the 1,038 reported cases today, 1,015 (98 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days, February 14 to 27, 2022," the DOH reported. The regions with the most cases in the recent...

MANILA - Malacanang is hoping the rift between pole vault star Ernest John "EJ" Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) would eventually be resolved. Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, made this statement after the PATAFA announced its decision to drop Obiena from the national team and file an estafa case against him. "We continue to support all of our athletes, including our star pole vaulter EJ Obiena and we hope that whatever disagreements that he may have... between EJ and the Philippine Athletics Track and Fi...

Ernest John "EJ" Obiena (File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has taken out Asia's pole vault king Ernest John "EJ" Obiena from its pool as their ongoing row took yet another major turn. PATAFA announced on Tuesday that it is recommending Obiena's removal from the national team following the conclusion of a probe conducted regarding this matter. Felix Tiukinhoy, member of the PATAFA board of trustees, said the board approved the recommendation on December 29. He said Obiena would be dropped from the team "effective ...