Coronavirus deaths in the Philippines cross 22,000
MANILA, Philippines — Local health authorities on Tuesday reported 4,777 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,280,773.
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Active cases: 56,452 or 4.4% of the total
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Recoveries: 7,122, pushing total to 1,202,257
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Deaths: 95, bringing total to 22,064
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A brief return to strict lockdowns to arrest an unexpected COVID-19 flare-up erased some gains in restoring jobs destroyed by the pandemic, as more Filipinos were unemployed in April, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show.
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The country’s Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 12 to 15 years.
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Foreign nationals with approved visas may leave the Philippines even though they have not yet been issued their alien certificate of registration identity card (ACR I-Card), the Bureau of Immigration said.
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All international flights to Mactan-Cebu International Airport will continue to be diverted to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport until June 12, Malacañang announced.
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The Palace also clarified that the Emergency Use Authorization issued for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned Sinopharm only covers the 1,000 doses donated to the Philippines.
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These are the same jabs that were used on President Rodrigo Duterte and his security detail.
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The Quezon City government is taking steps to contain COVID-19 infections attributed to the feeding program of a councilor, whom it said did not act irresponsibly, where protocols like physical distancing were disrupted by heavy rain.
— Bella Perez-Rubio with a report from Xave Gregorio
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