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No travel halt amid COVID-19 surge
By J.Lo
“There is no scientific basis for travel restrictions to any country because of increase in COVID-19 cases,” Department of Health (DOH) said despite emergence of new COVID-19 variants and surging cases in other countries, DOH sees no need to impose travel restrictions.
DOH assured public it continues to track COVID-19 case counts and newly designated variants under monitoring, in parallel with international developments.
“DOH remains to be in close coordination with international health authorities and its Bureau of Quarantine is keeping watch over points of entry nationwide,” DOH noted.
All Philippine regions remain at low risk for COVID-19, DOH said.
Based on reports in DOH Data Collect application, 116 severe and critical COVID-19 cases were admitted to hospitals.
From May 7 to 13, 877 new cases were reported, or daily average of 125 cases.
“While there is observed increase recently, it is small and lower than previously observed increases,” DOH said, noting that of new cases reported, seven were severe or critical.
Five deaths were recorded between April 30 and May 13.
As of May 12, only 11 percent of dedicated COVID-19 ICU beds were occupied, while only 13 percent of dedicated COVID-19 non-ICU beds were occupied, DOH noted.
World Health Organization reported three new COVID-19 variants under monitoring: JN.1.18, KP.2 and KP.3, all descendants of JN.1.
Variants KP.2 and KP.3 are proper names of what is informally known as “FLiRT” variants, as coined by some researchers.
To prevent possible surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, DOH recommended voluntary use of face masks along with standard precautions like hand washing, avoiding crowds and ensuring good airflow in spaces.
Meanwhile, Makati Medical Center reported slight uptick in number of COVID-19 admissions but “overall situation is manageable.”
“After having zero occupancy for many days in 8th floor COVID wing, we had to increase capacity to dozen beds since few days ago,” said MMC medical director Saturnino Javier.
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