COVID-19 pandemic: Latest situation in the Philippines

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

How many people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Philippines? How many have recovered, and how many have died? What is President Rodrigo Duterte doing about it?

What are the latest updates from the World Health Organization regarding the vaccines? How is the Department of Health addressing the variants? What should the public expect in terms of the economy, quarantine classifications, and the vaccine rollout?

Bookmark and refresh this page for the latest news updates, opinion articles, and analysis pieces about the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.

LATEST UPDATES

Oct 22, 2021 4:00 PM PHT

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of October 22, 2021

Oct 21, 2021 6:47 PM PHT

CHED: COVID-19 vaccination not required for students in limited face-to-face classes

Bonz Magsambol

The Commission on Higher Education clarified on Thursday, October 21, that COVID-19 vaccination is not a requirement for college students attending limited face-to-face classes.

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of October 21, 2021

Oct 20, 2021 4:32 PM PHT

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of October 20, 2021

Oct 19, 2021 4:02 PM PHT

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of October 19, 2021

Oct 18, 2021 6:18 PM PHT

Only 10% of Philippine convicts have received COVID-19 vaccines

Lian Buan

The Philippine government has vaccinated only 10% of convicted prisoners in correctional facilities nationwide, data from the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) showed.

Of the 48,511 convicts in seven penal colonies in the country, only 4,774 have received either the first dose or both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to BuCor data as of Monday, October 18.

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of October 18, 2021

Oct 18, 2021 11:54 AM PHT

More than 8 out of 10 COVID-19 positives in September 2021 have Delta variant

Bonz Magsambol

The Department of Health on Monday, October 18, reported that 84.63% or 633 of the 748 positive samples recently sequenced were found to have the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told reporters that the samples of recent run of genome sequencing came from September 2021 cases.

Virus epicenter Metro Manila has the highest number of Delta cases in the latest batch of genome sequencing results, with 170 cases detected.

Here's the regional breakdown of the variants of concern found in the Philippines based on the latest genome sequencing run. @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/sVFYra8Okk
— Bonz Magsambol (@bnzmagsambol) October 18, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic: Latest situation in the Philippines – October 2021