Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Jan. 12:
LIFE KIT
- Tired of being tired of the pandemic but you have to pull through? That could be pandemic resilience fatigue. Here’s how to deal with it.
- Here’s why you should have that difficult conversation about death with your loved ones.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
- These DFA passport offices are closed until Jan. 20 as a precaution during the Omicron surge.
ELECTION NEWS
- Here are the buyers’ limits for paracetamol and other in-demand drugs until supplies stabilize, according to the DOH and the DTI.
- Comelec’s First Division will rule on disqualification cases against presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos on Monday, Jan. 17.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Omicron is now the Philippines’ dominant COVID variant, underscoring the record-breaking surge that has now put the entire country at critical risk for COVID-19.
- Total cases in the Philippines since the pandemic started two years ago have crossed the three-million mark.
- Vice President Leni Robredo has called out fake news purveyors for saying that her office’s elemed service, Bayanihan e-Konsulta, had been asking people for their precinct numbers.
- “Deltacron”, a supposed hybrid of Delta and Omicron that was reported in Cyprus, is likely the result of a lab error, experts said.
- Pfizer said its Omicron vaccine could be ready by March and that manufacturing has begun.
- Is a rapid antigen test enough to detect Omicron? It depends on where you live and the availability of testing.
- Japan is keeping border restrictions at least until the end of February.
- Doctors in the U.S. have transplanted a pig’s heart into a human, in what is considered a milestone in organ transplants.
- Twinkle Dargani has been released from Senate custody for humanitarian reasons. He’s half of the Pharmally brother-sister duo that is being investigated for allegedly supplying P8 billion in substandard face shields and other equipment to government.
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