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COVID-19 pandemic: Latest situation in the Philippines – February 2022

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COVID-19 pandemic: Latest situation in the Philippines – February 2022

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, including the Omicron variant? What should the public expect in terms of the economy? What’s the status of the country’s vaccination rollout among the general public, children, and in the provinces? What about booster shots?

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

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of February 9, 2022

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of February 8, 2022

Rappler.com

Gov’t lowers price cap for COVID-19 antigen testing

Bonz Magsambol

 The government set a new price cap for COVID-19 rapid antigen testing, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, February 8.

The DOH shared its Department Circular No. 2021-0323-B, dated January 28, to reporters on Tuesday.

More on the price cap in this story.

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

Rappler.com

8,361 new COVID-19 cases on February 6

Rappler.com

The Philippines now has 3,609,568 confirmed COVID-19 cases after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 8,361 new cases on Sunday, February 6.

The DOH reported 312 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 54,526. However, only 133 of these fatalities happened in 2022. A total of 177 deaths actually occurred in 2021, while 2 were from 2020.

Deaths from previous years were reported late because of “late encoding of death information” into the COVIDKaya system, said the DOH.

Meanwhile, recoveries were up by 18,431, raising total recoveries to 3,428,815.

Of the total cases, 126,227 or 3.5% are active.

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of February 6, 2022

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of February 5, 2022

Rappler.com

Third nationwide vaccination drive set for February 10 to 11

Loreben Tuquero

The Philippine government aims to vaccinate 5 million individuals during the third wave of its nationwide vaccination drive dubbed “Bayanihan Bakunahan” on February 10 and 11.

Read more.

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of February 4, 2022

Rappler.com

DOH bulletin: COVID-19 cases as of February 3, 2022

Rappler.com