On the eve of the Holy Week observance, President Duterte placed Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna and Cavite under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest quarantine status, from March 29 to April 4. This was prompted by a surge in COVID-19 infection: the number of new cases daily...
Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Emergency rooms are full, and clusters of COVID-19 are sprouting in workplaces and homes with alarming frequency. It is a year later and the whole world is still seeing surges in COVID-19 cases. The more transmissible variants may contribute to the surges, but the...
All Metro Manila local government units are working round the clock this week in making sure that their constituents have a quick and fast vaccination experience so they can go home right away. Here's the list of cities and their vaccination registration links: Caloocan Registration is via a google...
The Lucio Tan Group of Companies is gearing up to vaccinate its more than 50,000 employees against SARS-COV2 as it reported that about 90 percent of them are ready and willing to get themselves inoculated. In a statement, the group said the high vaccine acceptance was attributed to the...
The Philippines could attain a "better normal soon" as the government continued to implement its vaccination program to boost protection against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Nograles has expressed confidence...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, March 14, expressed hope there would be no more “dropping of the ball” and that all negotiations of the government on COVID-19 vaccine procurement would push through and at a faster speed especially at this point in time. Sen. Panfilo Lacson (Albert...
Police officers in Bustos, Bulacan roved around villages to answer questions regarding the COVID-19 vaccination on March 9, Tuesday. Bustos MPS / MANILA BULLETIN Bustos Municipal Police Station (MPS), led by Acting Chief of Police Major Jude Bryan B. Maguddayao, conducted "Oplan Bandillo" in...
The business sector is asking the government to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination because they are already in the “last phase,” stressing that adding six months or one year more of quarantine would mean closures of most enterprises to the detriment of more Filipinos, especially the poor. ...
A total of 300 medical front liners will receive the China-made Sinovac vaccine at the start of the Las Piñas City government vaccination rollout with the theme of “Ligtas na Las Piñero, Lahat Bakunado.” (Las Piñas PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccination rollout was held at the University of...
Three health workers were the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Mandaluyong City on Saturday, March 6. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Cesar Tutaan, Dr. Catherine Quiroz, and nurse Arnold Bondoc were among the 64 other health workers of the Mandaluyong City Medical Center...
President Duterte urged Filipinos to get vaccinated, assuring the public that the vaccines certified by the Food and Drug Administration for immunization against COVID-19 are safe and effective. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British-Swedish...
President Duterte said that while he respects the preference of doctors to western brands, he claimed they were "discriminating" for refusing to be vaccinated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine that came from China. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA...
