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(PNA file photo) MANILA - The OCTA Research believes the recorded slight increase in the Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) was caused by the emergence of more transmissible Omicron subvariants and not due to the May 9 elections. "Palagay namin epekto ito ng panibagong subvariant rather than yung sa election (We think that this is an effect of new subvariant rather than election)," OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said in a televised Laging Handa public briefing on Monday. David cited there's no recorded spike of cases in the past election campaign period, de...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Presidential photo by Alberto Alcain) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte emphasized the need to ramp up the vaccination rate in various local government units (LGUs) to meet the country's target to fully vaccinate at least 50 million Filipinos to achieve population protection by December this year. "We cannot reach this target if we will plateau at 400 or 500 [thousand] daily jabs," Duterte said in his regular Talk to the People aired on Monday night. Duterte said a non-stop vaccination program at the local levels can greatly contribute to expeditin...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Screengrab from RTVM) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte emphasized the need to ramp up the vaccination rate in various local government units (LGUs) to meet the country's target to fully vaccinate at least 50 million Filipinos to achieve population protection by December this year. "We cannot reach this target if we will plateau at 400 or 500 [thousand] daily jabs," Duterte said in his regular Talk to the People aired on Monday night. Duterte said a non-stop vaccination program at the local levels can greatly contribute to expediting the Covid-19 v...