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Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, June 13, told the Davao city government to look at how Cebu City successfully controlled the surge of COVID-19 infections through private partnerships and the active presence of the medical community. Vice President Leni Robredo (Geric Cruz/Bloomberg) Davao...

Major provinces such as Cebu, Cagayan, and Zamboanga will start to receive bigger COVID-19 vaccine allotments because of the spike in positive cases, President Duterte said on Tuesday, June 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) “May spike eh. Ayan, hindi kasi naniniwala. Hawaan nang...

Vice President Leni Robredo met with doctors and hospital executives from Camarines Sur to discuss ways on how to address the recent coronavirus surge in her home province. Vice Leni Robredo meets with doctors and hospital representatives in Naga City for COVID-19 response. (Photo from Robredo’s...

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has extended its COVID-19 response programs to outside the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble as other provinces in Visayas and Mindanao have been experiencing surges in cases, too. On Sunday, May 30, Vice President Leni Robredo said during her...

What caused the surge, and how can we cope? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Daily COVID-19 case counts breached 10,000, and many asked how it came to this. The Philippines was doing quite well after Christmas despite the increased mobility of people. Reproduction number was at or below 1, and cases...