Malacañang asked local chief executives to not blame President Duterte for the incident last week where people flocked to different vaccination sites in fear of not being allowed to go out during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO /...
Malacañang said the Philippines will use the same formula in preventing the entry of the Lambda variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), particularly its PDITR (prevention, detection, isolation, treatment, reintegration) strategy. Passengers observe safe distancing as part of the COVID-19...
OCTA RESEARCH The members of the independent research group OCTA on Monday, Aug. 9, cited that the pandemic model they are using has been useful in providing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) trends in the country. OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said the reproduction number is the primary...
Malacañang warned social media users spreading fake information that aim to sabotage the government’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts that authorities will find them and file the appropriate charges that will put them in jail. Since the start of the pandemic, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said...
More than 24 million doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines administered, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, August 9. DOH/MB Data from the DOH showed that as of August 8, a total of 24,479,750 doses have already been administered. The Health department said 13,087,781 have...
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) confirmed that there are 22 children below the age of 18 who are afflicted with the coronaviruse disease (COVID-19). Miko Lloraca, CESU head, said 50 percent of the COVID-afflicted children were placed at the city’s isolation facilities for...
The Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) latest request to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) indicates that Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) continue to leave the Philippines amid the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. did not mince his words in criticizing Vice President Leni Robredo and some "senior senators" over their proposal to realign the multi-billion peso budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for the social...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is expected to bring home more than 7,000 stranded overseas Filipinos this month through a combination of chartered and Bayanihan flights. Photos of stranded Filipinos preparing to board a repatriation flight from Dubai last week. (DFA) This is despite the...
The country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case classification is now at high-risk, the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, August 9. DOH/MB "Nationally, our case classification is now at high risk," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online press briefing. She revealed...
The upsurge of Delta variant cases of the coronavirus disease (COVD-19) in Metro Manila may slow down the distribution of the cash assistance to the residents who are severely affected by the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, spokesperson of...
The Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) on Monday, Aug. 9, said it is set to have a meeting with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Tuesday to discuss "uncertainties" regarding the coverage for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. (Photo from Unsplash) Speaking to GMA...
