According to the DOH, over a third of the cases occurred in Western Visayas.

The Department of Health reported Friday 2,961 new infections, raising the number of active cases to 14,233.

The second-largest amount listed in the report is unspecified assistance worth around P55 million, labeled either "without breakdown" or "no breakdown." 

Going by the poll body's schedule, the printing of ballots should start on January 12, 2022. 

A total of 1,147 individuals were injured and 82 people remained missing after ‘Odette’ battered the central and southern Philippines in mid-December.

Galvez said the government’s inoculation campaign was “delayed by one week or two weeks because we had....an [unexpected] event where Odette was really big and hit six regions.”

The Philippines will be recognizing vaccine certificates from the US, Canada and nine other countries for arrival quarantine protocols, according to the government's pandemic response task force.

In his final New Year’s Eve message as president, Duterte urged Filipinos to cherish their experiences in 2021, “including our struggles and victories in overcoming the pandemic and the ravages of Typhoon Odette.”

Some 5.2 million children have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 since the inoculation of minors was gradually rolled out this year, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Friday.

According to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., around 1.5 million senior citizens remain unvaccinated.