2023 April 17 MANILA – The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases increased by 23 percent from April 10 to 16, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday. The agency posted 341 daily infections from 278 recorded between April 3 to 9. Overall, there were 2,386 new cases and 20 verified deaths...
2023 April 14 MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has detected 39 more cases of Omicron XBB.1.91 subvariant, an XBB sublineage. In its latest surveillance report, the DOH said the subvariant was added to the list of variants under monitoring by the World Health Organization on March 30. “The variant was initially flagged due to...
2023 April 13 More booster shots and improved ventilation remain part of the answer to decrease COVID-19 cases OTTAWA, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Despite a general perception that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, CoVaRR-Net experts have found that COVID-19 case levels and related hospital occupancies in Canada have remained steady at a high level over the...
The Mental Health Index found that workers in Canada are experiencing increasing strain with unfavourable mental health and financial well-being scores.
2023 March 29 Understanding the importance of good nutrition to the people and national development, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday led the launch of the Philippine Multi-sectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) with the theme “Better Bodies and Minds.” Speaking during the event at the Manila Hotel, President Marcos said his administration is committed to...
2023 March 24 Today, Transforming Grief: Loss & Togetherness in COVID-19, a City of Toronto free exhibit, opened. The exhibit brings together interviews, art and artifacts that represent the collective voices of community members and artists to convey how Torontonians experienced, and continue to experience, the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition is on now until Sunday,...
2023 March 22 MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has detected 711 new cases of the highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. In its latest coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) biosurveillance report, the department noted that 798 samples were sequenced by the San Lazaro Hospital, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and the University of the Philippines – Philippine...
2023 March 20 MANILA – The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases increased by 19 percent from March 15 to 19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday. Daily infections increased to 167 from 140 infections on March 5 to 12. The DOH also reported 1,171 new cases and 63 verified deaths in...
2023 March 17 Today, Toronto Public Health (TPH) released data related to the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2022. Overall, homelessness continues to negatively impact health outcomes of individuals, resulting in 187 reported deaths in 2022. This total is lower than the 223 deaths reported in 2021 but remains higher than the 128 deaths reported...
2023 March 6 MANILA – The country’s daily average of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases increased by 10 percent from Feb. 27 to March 5, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday. In the latest DOH case bulletin, daily infections increased to 130 in the recent week from 119 infections from Feb. 20 to 26. From...