Today's figure is the highest daily increase since the coronavirus pandemic hit the Philippines in 2020.

Of the new numbers, 442 are local cases, 14 are Filipinos returning from overseas and 10 are still up for verification.

Gamaleya Research Institute, the manufacturer of the jab, first applied for EUA of its single-dose version known as "Sputnik Light" early this month.

"Though more people are now back to work, the Ayuda is a commitment of government and will continue to be distributed despite the change in quarantine classification."

"DOH is not recommending ivermectin and we continue to remind the public against its use," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told a briefing in Filipino.

"I think by the end of the month, easily we could reach 50 percent of the eligible population [fully] vaccinated in the NCR at the rate we're going. We're going to try to do that by the end of August," Abalos said. 

Lapid's chief of staff in a statement said he is currently receiving treatment at the Medical City Clark in Pampanga. 

Economic managers led by the Department of Finance are expected to submit before the House of Representatives today the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022, which includes a P45-billion allotment for booster shots against COVID-19.

The Commission on Elections has adopted stricter rules on the nomination, withdrawal and substitution of party-list nominees in an apparent bid to prevent another controversy similar to that of Duterte Youth.

Tropical Storm Isang (international name Omais) left the Philippine area of responsibility yesterday afternoon, but the Visayas and Mindanao would continue to experience rains and thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon, the state weather bureau s...