April 28, 2021
On Tuesday night, the Palace also announced that travelers from or with a travel history in India for the past 14 days will not be allowed to enter the Philippines.
The travel ban will last until May 14.
Experts said the new COVID-19 variant in India was “double mutant” and caused the spike in COVID-19 cases in India.
Last week, it marked a new milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic after it reported 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally worldwide.
“The situation is very critical,” Dr. Kirit Gadhvi, president of the Medical Association in the western city of Ahmedabad, told Reuters.
April 27, 2021
Philippine Ambassador to India Ramon Bagatsing Jr. said Tuesday that two Filipinos died of COVID-19 in the said country.
According to Bagatsing, the two Pinoys tested positive for COVID-19 on April 23 but died three days later as India battles a “tsunami” of COVID-19 cases, with over a million new COVID-19 cases recorded this week alone.
“It is really bad here. May dalawang nasawi [na Pilipino]. We learned they were positive in April 23 then April 26, wala na. It happened very fast. Traydor itong virus na ito. They call it double mutant strain,”” Bagatsing said during the Laging Handa briefing.
(Two Filipinos died, and they died within three days. It was very fast. The virus is a traitor.)
She was speaking as the chief guest during the 9th Annual Convocation for its Two-Year MBA Batch 2019-21, One-Year MBA - GSCM and DEM Batch 2020 held virtually recently.Addr