FREE ASEAN-HEADLINES: COVID MICRON: MANILA- New infections top 17K; ‘fourth surge’ under way
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PANDEMIC PATROL A woman with a megaphone, along with her team tasked to monitor compliance with health protocols in Barangay Tañong, Malabon City, directs her message at a man they chanced upon along the sidewalk. Caught with his face mask down, he gets it loud and clear. —LYN RILLON
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New infections top 17K; ‘fourth surge’ under way
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The number of COVID-19 cases in the country soared to 17,220, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday as it reported 29 more cases of the more transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Dr. Maricar Limpin, president of the Philippine College of Physicians, said the country is now into its “fourth surge” since the pandemic struck the country in early 2020.
The DOH said that 11,563 of the new cases, or 68 percent, were in the National Capital Region (NCR).
This number topped the previous high during the Delta surge, which was 9,031 in NCR on Sept. 11, 2021, according to independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research.
“We are now on a surge. And our projection is we will even surpass the cases during the Delta surge,” Limpin told the Inquirer.
She cited the “steep” rise in the number of cases compared to the previous surges.
In September last year, Limpin described the first spikes in cases in April 2020 as just a “wave.” But a “surge” followed four months later that peaked at 4,300 daily cases.
The next surge occurred in April 2021, peaking at 11,000 average daily cases and the “most sever…..
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January 3, 2022
Push to vaccinate more as Omicron threat grows
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A man gets vaccinated with a first dose in Phnom Penh on April 1. KT/Pann Rachana
Amid Omicron and other variants of the Covid-19 virus, health officials are pushing harder to inoculate more people and the Health Ministry is also urging more than 72,000 people who haven’t received jabs due to health problems to consult with doctors again to study the possibility getting vaccinated.
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3. INDONESIA
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7. PHILIPPINES:
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Today’s Paper: January 7, 2022
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8. SINGAPORE
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US reclassifies Covid-19 travel advisory for Singapore to ‘unknown’
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday (Jan 4) reclassified its Covid-19 travel advisory for Singapore, guiding Americans to avoid travel to the South-east Asian nation because the level of the disease there is “unknown”.
“Because the current situation in Singapore is unknown, even fully vaccinated travellers may be at risk for getting and spreading Covid-19 variants,” the CDC said in its advisory.
On its website, the CDC said it uses Covid-19 data reported by the World Health Organisation and other official sources to make determinations about Travel Health Notice (THN) levels.
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Staff urged to WFH for 2 weeks
Kalasin, Chon Buri clusters spur alarm
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10. VIET NAM
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Việt Nam strengthens measures to care for COVID-19-hit childre4
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HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has approved a directive to strengthen measures on care for and protection of children affected by COVID-19
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