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Philippine COVID-19 infections top 1.1 million May 9, 2021 | 7:53 pm RESIDENTS of Old Balara go to Old Balara Elementary school during the continuation of the vaccination program for the A1 to A3 categories on May 3. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DoH) reported 7,174 coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total to 1.1 million. The death toll rose by 204 to 18,472, while recoveries increased by 9,197 to 1.02 million, it said in a bulletin. There were 61,294 active cases, 1.3% of which were critical, 93.8% were mild, 2.1% did not show symptoms, 1.7% were s...

BusinessWorld May 9, 2021 | 7:35 pm PHILIPPINE STAR The SENATE is still consulting government agencies and the private sector on the need for a third stimulus package for the coronavirus pandemic, which the House of Representatives is pushing aggressively for. Senator Juan Edgardo M. Angara said the Finance committee is closely monitoring developments of the proposed third stimulus law, known informally as Bayanihan III, as the legislation makes its way through the House of Representatives. “The committee is currently soliciting comment and feedback from government agencies ...

BusinessWorld May 7, 2021 | 8:52 pm @PCOOGOV The Philippines on Friday took delivery of 1.5 million more doses of CoronaVac made by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a task force said in a social media post on Friday. The country has received 5.5 million doses of vaccines — five million from Sinovac, 525,600 from AstraZeneca Plc. and 15,000 from Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. The Health department said about 2.1 million doses had been given as of May 4, with 320,586 people having completed their vaccination. Vaccination continues for h...

Philippine COVID-infections hit 1.09M PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS The Department of Health (DoH) reported 7,733 coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the total to 1.09 million. The death toll rose by 108 to 18,099, while recoveries increased by 4,227 to over one million, it said in a bulletin. There were 66,626 coronavirus infections,1.1% of which were critical, 94.4% were mild, 2% did not show symptoms, 1.5% were severe and 0.98% were moderate. DoH said 20 duplicates had been removed from the tally, 14 of which were tagged as recoveries. It added that 64 recoveries were reclassified ...

BusinessWorld May 7, 2021 | 8:48 pm PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/ KING RODRIGUEZ President Rodrigo R. Duterte has backed out of a debate with a critic of his China policy and asked his spokesman to represent him instead. The President heeded the advice of Cabinet members and two senators not to proceed with the debate because nothing good would come out of it, presidential spokesman Herminio L. Roque, Jr. told a televised news briefing on Friday. Mr. Duterte earlier dared retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio T. Carpio, who has criticized him for failing to stop China´s militarization ...