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UPDATES ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)

Information may change at any time due to the evolving situation.

Date	Time	Update
May 18, 2022	3:23 PM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH, NVOC: 2nd COVID-19 Booster now available for Seniors and Frontline Health Workers Senior citizens (Priority Group A2) and frontline health workers (Priority Group A1) may now avail of a second booster shot, particularly mRNA vaccines such as Moderna and Pfizer, to strengthen immunity against the COVID-19 virus, including the latest Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1...
May 14, 2022		Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 167-F
May 13, 2022		Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 167-E
May 13, 2022	10:37 AM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH detects first cases of BA.2.12.1 Omicron Sub-Variant in NCR and Palawan The Department of Health (DOH), through its Centers for Health Development (CHDs), University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH), and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), recently detected cases positive for BA.2.12.1...
May 12, 2022		Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 167-D
May 12, 2022		Joint Circular No. 2022-0002: Implementing Guidelines on the Grant of COVID-19 Sickness and Death Compensation to Eligible Public and Private Health Care Workers (HCWs) and Non-HCWs for FY 2022

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Western Pacific	72,456,926 confirmed (347,910 new)