Should the national government loosen the restrictions amid the decreasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country? A health reform advocate said that the government should “slow down.” (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF)...
Health experts say that the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is “probably not” the end of the pandemic as the virus is expected to “continuously mutate and evolve.” Executive Director of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Dr. Cynthia Saloma, in an international webinar held...
It is no longer a surprise that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is airborne. (Unsplash) In May 2021, the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) recognized that the COVID-19 is airborne. This means that it is highly transmissible through the air. To explain this further, the University of...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III maintained on Wednesday, Feb. 2, that his agency was not involved in the purchase of supplies related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement, Duque said that the...
DASMARIÑAS, Cavite – The local government unit announced the temporary closure of its parks starting Monday (Jan. 3) amid rising cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. Promenade des Dasmariãs, Promenade H2 Extension, and all other parks in various barangays will...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded an additional 543 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Dec. 6. DOH This data from DOH brought the total country's tally since the onset of the pandemic to 2,835,154. Of the total number, 0.5 percent or 13,548 were active cases. DOH said that among...
Korean actor Ji Chang-wook (Instagram) Korean actor Ji Chang-wook, 34, has been cured of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and has resumed his activities. Last July 26, Glorious Entertainment, the actor’s agency, said, “ Ji Chang-wook tested positive for COVID-19 . We are working on...
Treasure members Junghwan (left) and Doyoung (Twitter) K-pop boy band Treasure members Doyoung, 17, and Junghwan, 16, have recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “We inform you that Treasure members Doyoung and So Junghwan have fully recovered from COVID-19,” said YG Entertainment,...
(MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Iloilo Medical Society has appealed to the national government to provide more supplies of vaccines and medicines for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Iloilo is currently experiencing a surge in cases. "COVID-19 virus continues to spread havoc in our country and...
A person may face a murder complaint if he or she deliberately infects other people with the coronavirus disease and such transmission causes death, according to President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over the meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
Upset with the reports of super spreader events, President Duterte has ordered the arrest of barangay captains who fail to enforce the rules against mass gatherings in the country. President Duterte meets with top government officials on pandemic response on May 26, 2021 (Sen. Go/Malacañang)...
The government is not walking away from its goal to attain herd immunity in the Philippines before the end of the year. Senior citizens wait for their turn at a vaccination site in Sampaloc, Manila on May 25, 2021.(Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) As more coronavirus vaccines are expected to arrive in...
