ILOILO CITY – The provincial government assured Monday, July 18, that district hospitals in Iloilo are ready to admit patients amid the surge in Covid-19 cases. THE Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan, Iloilo. (Tara Yap) Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. said that a system is in place for...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that the government would launch a massive booster shot campaign as the country gears up for the resumption of face-to-face classes amid the Covid-19 pandemic. FIle photos In his latest vlog, Marcos said the departments of Health (DOH), the Interior...
(PIXABAY) OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David projected that the Omicron subvariant-driven wave of new Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila will likely begin to decline “around this week or by next week.” “We might be seeing the peak around 1,000 cases if the peak happens this week. It will be...
The Philippine Army (PA) has conducted a vaccination drive to protect children aged five to 11 years old from Covid-19, more than two years since the pandemic hit the country and started taking away tens of thousands of peoples’ lives including young boys and girls. A Philippine Army General...
The country's total number of active Covid-19 cases increased to 19,873 after another more than 2,000 new infections were recorded on Sunday, July 17. A total of 2,560 more people were confirmed to have contracted the viral disease, based on the latest data shown at the Department of Health's (DOH)...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER The Covid-19 positivity rates in five provinces in the country have increased to over 20 percent, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said on Sunday, July 17. Positivity rate refers to the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were tested for...
NEW DELHI, India -- India recorded over 20,000 new cases of Covid-19 for the fourth straight day on Sunday, officials said. The health ministry's data showed that 20,528 cases of Covid-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,750,599 in the country. India's active...
Taguig City’s total active Covid-19 cases increased to more than 600, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Data from the DOH’s Covid-19 Tracker showed that Taguig added 84 new Covid-19 cases on July 16 to bring the total active cases to 646, up from 542 active cases recorded on July...
HONG KONG, China -- Macau is set to begin another working week of partial lockdown, after the city extended the closure of its casinos and non-essential businesses to try and eradicate its worst coronavirus outbreak yet. Authorities had announced a week of "static management" starting June 11...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is confident that the creation of the Philippine’s own Virology Science and Technology Institute would help the country prepare and be one-step ahead of future public health emergencies. Go has refiled the bill proposing the establishment of the Virology...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has expressed his gratitude to the people who flooded his social media accounts with well-wishes as he recovered from his second bout with Covid-19. Screenshot from Bongbong Marcos YouTube channel In his recent vlog, Marcos said that he is now feeling...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- The BA.5 Omicron subvariant, now the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States, is four times more resistant to Covid-19 vaccines, according to a new study published in Nature. The study found the variant is four times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines...
