MANILA, Philippines — Local health authorities on Saturday reported 8,147 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,588,965.
The Department of Health said two laboratories failed to submit testing results on time.
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Active cases: 60,887 or 3.8% of the total
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Recoveries: 9,117, pushing total to 1,500,189
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Deaths: 167, bringing total to 27,889
Metro Manila: Six days from lockdown
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As Metro Manila prepares to go under a two-week lockdown starting August 6 to prevent a catastrophic surge driven by the highly infectious Delta variant of COVID-19, here's a refresher of guidelines for areas under enhanced community quarantine.
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The lockdown will buy time for vaccination, a presidential adviser said yesterday after Malacañang confirmed that the rollout of badly needed COVID-19 jabs would continue under ECQ.
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The government also announced Friday the extension of its ban on travelers from 10 countries until August 15 which is intended to keep out variants of coronavirus.
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Pandemic restrictions will be implemented on the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike, DOH clarified Friday after a call from President Rodrigo Dutert to keep those who are unvaccinated from leaving home raised concerns of potential discrimination.
— Bella Perez-Rubio