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April 21, 2024
A total of 259 people accredited for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have contracted the coronavirus, organizers said Sunday. The organization committee confirmed that 18 additional people, including staff and officials, tested positive for the virus, bringing the number of infections at the Games to 259. No athlete competing has contracted Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the committee said, while adding that the newly infected went into quarantine. The 2020 Olympics hoped to welcome spectators after being postponed last year due to the pandemic but ended up holding competitions in empty venues because of the newly resurgent virus. Source: Philippines
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar expressed condolences over the passing of Arlene de Castro, wife of former Vice President and broadcaster Noli de Castro. “We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to People’s Television Network Inc. (PTNI) General Manager Katherine Chloe de Castro and her family, friends, and loved ones on the passing of her mother Arlene de Castro,” Andanar said in a statement. Katherine “Kat” de Castro announced the death of her 66-year-old mother in a Facebook post on July 30, 2021. “Having worked for different Philippine broadcast media such as the Maharlika Broadcasting System and
The Taguig local government administered 16,625 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines on Saturday, double the National Vaccination Operations Center’s stipulated target of 8,000 daily. More doses will be supplied to the National Capital Region during the enhanced community quarantine period from Aug. 6 to 20. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano thus urged his constituents to avail of free jabs at inoculation sites, vaccination bus, and home service for bedridden patients. “I thank our hardworking health care workers and vaccination teams for their sacrifices to ensure that the city’s continuous aggressive Covid-19 vaccination program continues, especially amid the threat of the highly-contagious
The country’s total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 1,506,027 after 5,930 new recoveries were reported on Sunday. In the latest case bulletin of the Department of Health (DOH), the accumulated recovery tally accounts for 94.3 percent of the total 1,597,689 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, 8,735 new infections brought the total number of active cases to 63,646 or 4 percent of total cases. About 94 percent of these active cases are mild, 1.3 percent are asymptomatic, 1.2 percent are critical, 2.1 percent are severe, and 1.45 percent are moderate. A
The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has again warned the public of more landslides as the habagat or southwest monsoon continues to bring rains to the region. Albert Mogol, CDRRMC chairman and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) regional director, in an interview on Saturday said, “saturated na masyado ang lupa sa bundok, mas malaki ang chance ng landslide kasi hindi na mahawakan ng lupa ang tubig (soil in the mountains is already very saturated that it cannot anymore hold the water so there is a bigger chance that landslide will happen)”. He said it has been
Strict border control has been reimposed in Nueva Ecija starting on Sunday until Aug. 20 to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), particularly the highly transmissible Delta variant, even as the province remains under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), which is the lowest restriction category. The Nueva Ecija Inter-Agency Task Force (NEIATF) led by Governor Aurelio Umali unanimously approved Resolution No. 1, series of 2021, via Zoom videoconference on Saturday. It provides for the reactivation of “border control checkpoints around the province” and uniform implementation of the modified general community quarantine among its component cities and municipalities. “Whereas,
