COVID-19 SITUATION: 2/21/2022

                                                   

The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:

• ‘Full authorization’ of COVID-19 vaccines may alleviate vaccine hesitancy – expert
• COVID-hit OFWs in HK to get $200 cash aid each from OWWA — Nograles
• DepEd teachers vaccinated vs COVID-19 receive incentives
• 2.4 million seniors remain unvaccinated; vaccine hesitancy not an issue but their impending demise – DOH official
• On easing COVID-19 restrictions in PH: Ex-NTF adviser urges gov’t to ‘slow down’
• PH recognizes vax certs of 8 more countries
• 'Fortress Australia' re-opens to tourists after two-year COVID closure
• China helps virus-ravaged HK build isolation units
• Israel to admit unjabbed tourists as COVID cases fall
• Queen Elizabeth catches 'mild' COVID