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MANILA - The National Capital Region (NCR), its neighboring provinces and the rest of Luzon show a slow uptick in Covid-19 cases in mid-May 2022, a health official said Tuesday. In an online media forum, Department of Health - Health Promotion Bureau Director Beverly Ho noted that the so-called plus areas of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal and the rest of Luzon are exhibiting a decline in cases in the past days while infections in the Visayas and Mindanao remain in a flat trend with low case counts. The slight increase in cases brought about an increase in the positivity rate which is now at...

(File photo) MANILA - The government has administered around 2.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine during the second "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" drive from Dec. 15 to 18, a Department of Health (DOH) official reported Monday. In a televised Laging Handa public briefing, DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said the administered vaccines do not include 639 local government units (LGUs) in Mimaropa, Regions 6 (Western Visayas), 7 (Central Visayas), 8 (Eastern Visayas) and Caraga where inoculation activities were cancelled due to Typhoon Odette. "Pag-iibayuhin iyong NCR, CAR, Regions 1, 2,...