COVID-19 pandemic: Latest situation in the Philippines

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Philippines remains at low risk for COVID-19, though Metro Manila is already back to moderate risk as cases rise.

How is the Marcos administration addressing the health and economic crisis? What are the key developments on the global front that also impact Filipinos?

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LATEST UPDATES

Aug 8, 2022 4:09 PM PHT

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of August 7, 2022

Rappler.com

Aug 8, 2022 1:47 PM PHT

Cagayan de Oro sees active COVID-19 cases go up ahead of fiesta

Herbie Gomez

FIESTA. Cagayan de Oro Mayor Rolando Uy (middle) graces the launch of the city’s annual Higalaay Festival ahead of the city’s annual August 28 fiesta, on Friday, August 5.

Cagayan de Oro continued to see the number of its active COVID-19 cases increasing to three-digit numbers ahead of its much-awaited annual citywide fiesta in August.

This has prompted officials to call on local government regulators and health authorities to enforce basic public health rules and ramp up the campaign to make residents get inoculated and get booster shots.

Read the full story here.

Aug 2, 2022 1:54 PM PHT

Philippines detects first 2 cases of rapidly spreading Omicron BA.2.75

Bonz Magsambol

DOH OIC Maria Rosario Vergeire says the two cases are from Western Visayas, and have already recovered.

Philippines detects first two cases of Omicron BA.2.75 subvariant