MAGALLANES, Cavite - The town's Rural Health Unit (RHU) reminded residents to take precautions when posting photos of their vaccine cards on social media. Magallanes RHU / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook post on Friday (August 6), the RHU asked vaccinees to cover the license number of the...
IMUS, Cavite - The local government unit (LGU) temporarily halted the use of the vaccination registration platform UBE Express after being swarmed by non-residents who want to be inoculated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN "Ang UBE Express...
The antiviral drug, “Molnupiravir" as treatment for mild and moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is now on Phase 3 clinical trial at the Lung Center of the Philippines. (Facebook/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The clinical trial started on May 17 this year and has enrolled a total of 11...
Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III confirmed Friday that Pateros now has cases of the highly contagious Delta variant. “Our Department of Health confirmed to me yesterday that we really now have the Delta variant in Pateros,” the mayor said in a live broadcast on Facebook. Pateros municipal hall...
The National Task Force Against COVID-19 will conduct an investigation of the alleged initiative to “sabotage” the government’s vaccination drive. People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) NTF deputy...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has urged the public to remain calm even as he assured them that there was no truth to the information spreading online that the national government will prohibit unvaccinated persons from going out of their homes. People wait in line for their first dose of COVID-19...
SYDNEY, Australia -- As Australia's most populated states struggled to cope with the rising toll of the highly contagious Delta strain of COVID-19, an ever-growing number of people are overcoming their initial reluctance to get vaccinated. People line up outside a COVID-19 vaccination center in...
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has assured unhampered delivery of fish supply in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces while the government implements stricter lockdown measures amid COVID-19 delta variant spread. LIVE CORALS SEIZED – BFAR Central Visayas...
CANBERRA, Australia -- In the northeast corner of the United States, a recent study found neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 (responsible for COVID-19) in 40 percent of all white-tailed deer that were sampled, Australian scientific news website ScienceAlert reported on Wednesday. Two...
As the country strives to contain the coronavirus spread, it is essential that people just stay home as much as possible. Motorists line up for inspection at a Manila quarantine control point established by the police on the first day of the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Friday, August 6, that it has transported medical personnel and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Tawi-Tawi and Zamboanga City to inoculate residents in the far-flung areas. The medical personnel and the vaccines boarded BRP Cape Engaño...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi Jr. has praised the work rendered by the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which is nearing the completion of its task to electricity all barangays in the country. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook page) "Before, only...
