The doctor previously ran for mayor in Pilar during the 2019 local elections.

Monday's new cases pushed the Philippines' total COVID count to 2,385,616.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told a briefing that Delta now accounts for 24.2% of variant cases from the 12,530 samples sent for genome sequencing. 

Pangalangan said evidence can be in the form of "statements, of course, by individuals and, in fact, in a very recent case by the court, even...statements from social media." 

The Commission on Human Rights said Monday that it supports vaccine czar Carlito Galvez’s earlier statement to prioritize healthcare workers in the administration of booster shots, when already allowed by the government.

The move paves the way for reopening schools, albeit at a minimum capacity in the Philippines, among the last two countries in the world with no return to classrooms before this. 

The figure — 28,219,623 to be exact, is against the 27,790,114 in School Year 2019 to 2020, according to DepEd's quick count.

“The PS-DBM has also been hounded by allegations of improper procedure and overpriced acquisitions,” the Cagayan de Oro City representative also said.

The Judicial and Bar Council has opened the application and recommendation period for the post to be vacated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Rosmari Carandang, who will retire early next year.

This latest shipment brought the country's Sinovac doses to 36 million, making it still the largest number of vaccine supply in the country.