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Health Undersecretary MariaRosario Vergeire (Screengrab from DOH virtual presser) MANILA - A health official on Monday said the Department of Health (DOH) continues with its contact tracing efforts to locate eight more travelers from South Africa. During an online media forum, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the eight unlocated travelers are among the 253 individuals who arrived in the country between Nov. 15 and 29. "Of the 253 [travelers], 80 have been verified and located. Seventy-seven of these are returning overseas Filipinos and three are foreign nationals from Reg...

Despite a recent court ruling covering three states, most federal government contractors still must comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate ("Contractor Vaccine Mandate") included in...

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The African Union boss Moussa Faki Mahamat says the world owes Africa responsibility to lift travel restrictions.

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared the new Covid-19 variant from southern Africa a "variant of concern," and named it Omicron. The declaration came after the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution - an independent group of experts - met to assess the variant initially named B.1.1.529. The "variant of concern" has a large number of mutations, is more transmissible, and possibly more adept at eluding public health measures including vaccines, according to the WHO. The new variant was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on W...