Top officials in charge of the policies in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will meet on Monday, Feb, 14., to discuss the new alert level status in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Sunday, Feb. 13. Año said...
Senior Citizens party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes has called on the Filipino-Muslim community to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and urged the national government to address vaccine hesitancy. “Sa mga Muslim na kapwa ko senior citizen, magpabakuna na rin po...
Taguig City’s weekly tally of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases has decreased by 50 percent. The Taguig City government reported that from Feb. 4 to 10, a total of 1,558 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, down by 1,555 cases or 50 percent from 3,113 new cases from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. The...
who-afp The World Health Organization (WHO) urged the local government units (LGUs) to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts for vulnerable individuals, particularly senior citizens to protect them against the severe form of the viral illness. WHO Acting Country Representative Dr. Rajendra Yadav...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal There’s an old proverb, if I may paraphrase, that says something about how it may be easy to lead a horse to water, but it’s an altogether different matter to make the horse drink. I was reminded of this as I read about how the pediatric COVID...
Seven members of a K-pop boy band Cravity and four of K-pop group BLANK2Y tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in one day to bring the total number of infected Korean stars to at least 95 since Jan. 19. According to agency Starship Entertainment on Feb. 12, the group members who have...
The ongoing downward trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines may be attributed to the increasing vaccination rate in the country, as well as the population protection acquired by many after the recent Omicron surge, an OCTA Research fellow said on Saturday, Feb. 12. (Photo...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 3,792 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide. Based on the latest case update, most of the new cases were found in the National Capital Region, Western Visayas, and Davao Region. This was also the fifth straight day that the daily tally...
Makati CBD skyline The Department of Health (DOH) said it is "cautiously optimistic" about the recent positive developments regarding coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the possible end of the pandemic this year. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the statement after a recent Social...
Three more Korean stars have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Feb. 12 amid a surge in Omicron variant cases in South Korea. K-pop idols Wonwoo of Seventeen and Gunwoo of T1419, and Korean TV show “Running Man” star Haha have been confirmed to have COVID-19. (Clockwise from...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the importance of the legislative measure pushing for the expansion of the Philippine Medical Reserve Corps or MRC. (Martin Sanchez/ Unsplash) "With global health experts confirming that this won't be our last pandemic, we must...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has emphasized the importance of vaccinating all eligible learners to further ensure the safe resumption of face-to-face classes nationwide. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said that based on...
