Philippines confirms 2,921 new Covid-19 cases, highest in over 4 months; total now at 574,247

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The highest daily increase in over four months.

Saturday is also the third day in a row that the Philippines has been reporting a daily increase of over 2,000 Covid-19 cases.

The Philippines is all geared up to receive the Sinovac vaccine CoronaVac donated by China, which are due to arrive on Sunday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. The Philippines has granted emergency use authorization for Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine, the first to be rolled out in the country.

She blamed the spikes on easing of restrictions and non-compliance of minimum public health standards. Roque said the rest of the country will be under the most relaxed community quarantine or modified general community quarantine .

 

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