HEADS UP: Perfectionism is Bad for Mental Health, That’s the Lesson from ‘Encanto’ (Jan. 13)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news you need to know today, Jan. 13:

LIFE KIT

• The magic of Disney’s “Encanto” is that it shows viewers how to overcome that mentally unhealthy desire to be perfect.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• This easy to read chart tells you where and how you are most likely to get COVID-19 in common, real world settings.
• What are the symptoms of COVID due to the Omicron variant? They’re similar in some ways to Delta.
• Here is the schedule of free antigen testing at the LRT-2, which will be offered to commuters at random.

ELECTION NEWS

• Comelec said it found no evidence of a purported hacking that compromised voter data, as alleged in a newspaper report.
• The poll body struck out ex-MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago’s Malasakit party-list from the official list of candidates in the May elections.
• Comelec accredited the MOCHA party-list of ex-communications assistance secretary Mocha Uson and beauty queen Michele Gumabao.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Public transportation in Metro Manila and areas under Alert Level 3 or higher is ‘no vaccine, no ride’, the DOTr said.
• It’s still too early to say whether the Philippines has reached the peak of the Omicron surge, DOH Sec. Francisco Duque said. There were 32,246 new cases yesterday, the second time in three days that the total topped 30,000.
• Kids in the 0 to 4 age group could get their COVID vaccines as early as April.
• Limited face-to-face classes can start on Jan. 31, CHED said, as the country rides out the Omicron wave.
• An Omicron tidal wave is poised to infect half of Europe by March, says the WHO.
• Here’s how Israel is handling the Omicron surge, a strategy that is closely watched by the world.