Vaccination remains to be the key component in continually reducing deaths due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) emphasized. Hospital staff take out a body from an ambulance at a mortuary in New Delhi on May 24, 2021 (AFP/ FILE) In a media briefing on Tuesday,...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,153 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Nov. 23. DOH The update on the newly-reported COVID-19 cases brings the country's tally since the onset of the pandemic to 2,827,820. Active infections stood at 18,721 which accounts for 0.7 percent...
Nearly 336,000 individuals in Muntinlupa are now fully vaccinated while first-dose recipients have exceeded the target population. According to the Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac), as of Nov. 19, a total of 335,565 people have been fully vaccinated, including 10,659 who were...
All regions in the country are now at minimal to low risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as cases continue to dip in recent weeks, the Department of Health said on Monday, Nov. 22. DOH DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reported all regions have negative two week...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Good news from Muntinlupa City. The city continues to record a steady decline in the local COVID-19 active cases. From Oct. 1 to Nov. 18, the number of active cases dropped by 93 percent from 988 to 68. To date, there have been 27,554 confirmed cases in Muntinlupa...
Muntinlupa City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continued to decline and remained below 100 in the last eight days. Based on data by the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), as of Nov. 18, Muntinlupa’s active COVID-19 cases stood at 68 including seven new cases out of 27,554...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Nov. 15, reported 1,547 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. DOH/MB This brought the active cases nationwide to 27,025. Of those who were infected, 61 percent have mild symptoms, 5.9 percent were asymptomatic, 17.59 percent were in...
Muntinlupa City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have dropped below 100 in the last three days. Based on data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), as of Nov. 13, the city’s active cases totaled 93, adding only seven new COVID-19 cases for the day, out of 27,519 confirmed...
Mayor Lino Cayetano said Taguig recorded the lowest number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in six months on Nov. 4, which was “achieved through continuous aggressive testing and active case finding.” “Throughout 2021, Taguig has led the country in government testing with over...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo still finds the Duterte administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response "very wanting" despite the huge decrease in daily fresh cases of the deadly illness. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking in a press conference Friday,...
For Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, the plunge in new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to just 1,591 cases last Nov.3 is vindication for his controversial call for an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila last August. Presidential Adviser on...
The Navotas City government has set a new record for its lowest COVID-19 active cases tally for this year. The City Health Office reported only 31 active cases on Nov. 3, lower than the 33 cases listed last Feb. 6. "Just this Saturday, during our situationer, we expressed our intention to beat our...