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(File photo) MANILA - Despite studies showing the Omicron variant to be a "milder strain" of Covid-19, Malacanang reminded the public Monday not to be complacent as other more lethal strains of the coronavirus, such as Delta, continue to exist. Acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made this remark after the Philippines saw 4,600 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday -- the highest recorded in over two months. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) earlier raised the alert level status in Metro Manila to Alert ...

MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) reported 535 new recoveries and 4,600 additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Sunday. Recoveries are now at 2,778,943 or 97.4 percent of the total 2,851,931 infections since the pandemic began in March 2020. Active cases rose to 21,418, of which 15,644 are mild, 3,081 are moderate, 769 are asymptomatic, 335 are critical, and 1,589 are severe. "Of the 4,600 reported cases today (January 2), 4,548 occurred within the recent 14 days, December 20 to January 2, 2022," the DOH reported. As in the previous day, the top regions w...

Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (File photo) MANILA - Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has again contracted coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and is now undergoing isolation, the city's public information office (PIO) said Sunday. Rubiano's chief-of-staff Peter Eric Pardo told the reporters that the Pasay mayor has been feeling "unwell" and exhibiting a sore throat since Saturday. Rubiano immediately took a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test and was found positive for the coronavirus. The Pasay mayor has first contracted the disease in Februar...

MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) reported 535 new recoveries and 4,600 additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Sunday. Recoveries are now at 2,778,943 or 97.4 percent of the total 2,851,931 infections since the pandemic began in March 2020. Active cases rose to 21,418, of which 15,644 are mild, 3,081 are moderate, 769 are asymptomatic, 335 are critical, and 1,589 are severe. "Of the 4,600 reported cases today (January 2), 4,548 occurred within the recent 14 days, December 20 to January 2, 2022," the DOH reported. As in the previous day, the top regions w...

VACCINATION DRIVE. Residents gather outside a shopping mall designated as one of the 41 vaccination centers on Dec. 22, 2021, the third day of the second round of the national vaccination drive (NVD) in Zamboanga City. Data released Friday (Dec. 24, 2021) by the City Health Office showed that a total of 70,406 individuals were inoculated in the three-day NVD from December 20 to 22. (Photo courtesy of Remus Lim Ong) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The City Health Office has inoculated a total of 70,406 individuals in the just-concluded three-day second round of the national vaccination drive (NVD) from Decemb...