Here are the biggest news items on 24 Oras this Monday, August 23, 2021
- DOH records 18,332 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest count for new COVID-19 cases in the Philippines in a single day
- Sec. Duque calls for an emergency meeting COVID-19 cases in several provinces did not go down despite the implementation of ECQ
- Commuters were inconvenienced by long queues on the bus stations at the EDSA carousel
- 43% of the target population in NCR are now fully vaccinated; target to reach 50% aimed to be accomplished by the end of August
- SINAG says a rice shortage might take place because it’s not harvest season yet
- Several Filipinos in Afghanistan, said that they are afraid of other factions in the country other than the Taliban
- Several hospitals contemplate on severing ties with PhilHealth; PhilHealth says everything is fine
- DOH reports 466 new cases of the Delta variant; total cases are now 1,273
- Marian Rivera and Bea Alonzo had fun online
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