TODAY'S #COVID19WRAP: Over 4,000 new cases, expansion of alert level system, updates in vaccination (October 29, 2021)
NCR to stay under alert level 3 as new COVID-19 alert level system is set to be expanded to several areas in 3 regions from Nov. 1, Malacañang says bit.ly/3nDaHJL
Research group believes Delta variant has reached endgame in PH as COVID-19 infections continue to fall bit.ly/3pSJJ3s
PH lists 4,043 new COVID-19 infections, pushing total to 2.779 million with 50,630 active cases
With 44 newly-recorded COVID-related fatalities, PH's pandemic death toll rises to 42,621
COVID-19 recoveries in PH rise by 3,224 to 2.686 million bit.ly/3GyQrkZ
Inter-agency task force on COVID-19 allows requests for COVID-19 vaccine certificates for domestic use bit.ly/3nA1Fgy
Health department set to release policy allowing hospitals to procure investigational drugs for treatment of COVID-19, health official says bit.ly/3jPdv5s
Commission on Higher Education wants to reach 70 to 80 percent vaccination rate for college students nationwide by end of November bit.ly/2ZKevAR
PH has received over a hundred million COVID-19 vaccine jabs since country opened inoculation program in March bit.ly/3CwpNH9
Beijing officials tell residents to postpone weddings and keep funeral ceremonies short, as disease controls across China were tightened bit.ly/3EpoNFp
China to provide US$3.1 million for emergency medical supplies for region and is developing a global COVID-19 data analysis platform to improve pandemic readiness in East and Southeast Asia, premier says bit.ly/317ErXr
Singapore logs 3,432 new COVID-19 cases with 15 more deaths; total cases at 187,851 while death toll hits 364
Thailand confirms 8,968 new coronavirus infections and 64 additional fatalities; total cases 1.865 million with death toll at 18,976
6,377 newly-recorded COVID-19 infections raise Malaysia's haul to 2.454 million; death toll sits at 28,769 after 95 new fatalities
Indonesia logs 683 new COVID-19 cases with 28 additional deaths; total cases at 4.243 million while death toll stands at 143,361
DFA: MTRCB has ordered Netflix to pull out episodes of political drama “Pine Gap” for showing map of China’s nine-dash line and violating PH sovereignty | via @willardcheng
DFA: After thorough review, MTRCB ruled that certain episodes of “Pine Gap” are “unfit for public exhibition” and has ordered immediate pull-out of relevant episodes by Netflix | via @willardcheng
DFA: MTRCB underscored that “under whole-of-nation approach, every instrumentality of the government, whenever presented with the opportunity, has the responsibility to counter China’s aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea to assert PH’s territorial integrity…
After previously denying Maria Ressa's bid to travel outside the country, the Court of Appeals Eighth Division hearing the appeal to her cyber libel conviction allowed her to travel to the US for a program at Harvard and visit her parents in Florida. How did the court rule?
CA said Ressa was able to prove the necessity & urgency of her travel. The invitation letter from Harvard shows the program requires her physical presence for 30 days. CA also considered humanitarian grounds to allow her to visit her parents whom she had not seen for 2 years.
In Dec. last year, the same court had blocked Ressa's bid to visit her ailing mother who was due for an operation, saying she failed to prove the necessity and urgency of her travel | via @mikenavallo
Balikan ang mga malalaking balitang dapat mong tutukan ngayong Lunes, Nobyembre 1, 2021. #NewsPatrol
• Umaasa si Vice President Leni Robredo na makukuha niya ang buong suporta ng Bicol para sa #Halalan2022 matapos bisitahin ang iba’t ibang programa ng OVP sa rehiyon sa loob ng 5 araw. bit.ly/3myqo5O
• Kung magiging pangulo ng bansa, nangako si Sen. Panfilo Lacson na gagawing libre ang #COVID19 testing at pagpapagamot ng mga Pilipino sa naturang sakit. bit.ly/3pQzr41