Starting next year, the Department of Health will be providing daily case update through its website.

“We don’t have the full picture yet. Let’s hope for the best and hopefully let’s help each other. The holidays aren’t over yet but hopefully, parties and social gatherings are winding down.”

Many areas ravaged by ‘Odette” remained without enough food and water supply, and electricity needed to run water refilling stations.

“Increases in cases and positivity rate in the recent week were observed in National Capital Region and 14 of 17 of its areas,” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.

Per the latest report by the NDRRMC, exactly 4,204,601 persons from 1,074,169 families have been listed as affected by the super typhoon. 

The 38-year-old woman arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on December 10 via Philippine Airlines PR127, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.

"The leadership of the party has decided to support whomever the president [endorses] if any," minority party Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan said.

No typhoons are expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility in the next five days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said yesterday.

A bill seeking to grant incentives to winning filmmakers, writers, artists and performers in international film festivals and other prestigious competitions was filed in the Senate.

The Philippines purchased more Western-made vaccines against COVID-19 than those made in China, the National Task Force against COVID-19 said yesterday.