Here are the biggest news items on 24 Oras this Monday, August 9, 2021

- Several patients in Cagayan Valley Medical Center are staying in the hallway or in the parking lot as the facility is fully occupied
- 28 crew members of M/V St. Anthony de Padua became positive with COVID-19
- DOH reports the Philippines is now high-risk for COVID-19; 13 out of 17 regions in the country have cases of the Delta variant
- DOH records 8,900 new cases of COVID-19, which is 'relatively low' due to the low output of laboratories on Saturday
- Distribution of cash aid on NCR to start on August 11
- Philippines’ Tokyo Olympics campaign became the most successful in the country’s history after bagging four medals
- Metro Manila hastens vaccination against COVID-19 as ECQ is taking place in the region
- Vaccine Czar Sec. Galvez says vaccination of children aged 12-17 years old might start in September or October
- Number of COVID-19 vaccine doses that arrived in the country reaches to 38.6 million
- Meralco will charge additional P0.0965/kWh to electric bills this August

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