VACCINATION LINE. Guardians and parents accompany their children to get inoculated in a vaccine site in Fairview, Quezon City.While the active Covid-19 cases continue to drop, the Department of Health on Saturday (Nov. 27, 2021) asked the public to keep adhering to the minimum health standards. (PNA file photo) MANILA - The country's active coronavirus cases decreased to 17,052 as the Department of Health (DOH) logged 1,667 new recoveries and only 899 new infections on Saturday. Based on DOH's case bulletins, this is the fourth straight day the daily new infections are below 1,000. The new recoveries also brought to 2,765,920 the total number of patients who recuperated from the disease. At least 188 fatalities, on the other hand, pushed the death toll to 48,205. The country's confirmed Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started now stand at 2,831,177 at least 0.6 percent are undergoing treatment, 1.70 percent died, and 97.7 percent recovered. Out of the over 17,000 active
SUSPENDED. The Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Inbound flights from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique are suspended until Dec. 15, 2021 due to concerns over the potentially more transmissibleB.1.1.1529 or Omicron coronavirus variant. (File photo) MANILA - Discussions are ongoing on the possible expansion of the travel ban to more areas over the potentially more transmissible B.1.1.1529 or Omicron coronavirus variant, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday. Dr. Beverly Ho, director of the Health Promotion Bureau and the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, said Manila is closely monitoring the latest developments related to the variant, two cases of which were detected in Hong Kong. "May ongoing na discussion ngayon at asahan niyo po na magkakaroon ng mga developments within the day or by tomorrow tungkol sa possible expansion ng listahan pero siyempre nakabase pa rin to sa mga datos na makukuha natin sa iba't ibang parte n
VACCINATION LINE. Guardians and parents accompany their children to get inoculated in a vaccine site in Fairview, Quezon City.While the active Covid-19 cases continue to drop, the Department of Health on Saturday (Nov. 27, 2021) asked the public to keep adhering to the minimum health standards. (PNA file photo) MANILA - The country's active coronavirus cases decreased to 17,052 as the Department of Health (DOH) logged 1,667 new recoveries and only 899 new infections on Saturday. Based on DOH's case bulletins, this is the fourth straight day the daily new infections are below 1,000. The new recoveries also brought to 2,765,920 the total number of patients who recuperated from the disease. At least 188 fatalities, on the other hand, pushed the death toll to 48,205. The country's confirmed Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started now stand at 2,831,177 at least 0.6 percent are undergoing treatment, 1.70 percent died, and 97.7 percent recovered. Out of the over 17,000 active