The Philippines has administered more than 710,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in a single day, which is another record for the country’s inoculation campaign against the dreaded disease. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) Secretary Vince Dizon, National Task Force Against...
Manila Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) can file all charges against him if they want to, but his focus will remain on addressing the COVID pandemic. Manila Mayor 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso speaks on his 3rd State of the City Address...
The Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) announced there will be no walk-ins at vaccination sites except for senior citizens during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from Aug. 6 to 20. “For the safety of everyone especially during ECQ, walk-ins will not be allowed in all...
Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega The number of calls received by the government’s hospital referral center has been “steadily” increasing in recent weeks, Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega said. As the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday that Israel was doing the world a ''great service'' by administering COVID vaccine booster shots, despite the World Health Organization's plea for a moratorium. An Israeli health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech...
Balanga Bataan Bishop Ruperto C. Santos is urging the public “to get vaccinated against the coronavirus to help fight the spread of the more infectious Delta variant.” Santos said all the members of the clergy and the religious in his diocese including the staff had been vaccinated. Bishop...
BEIJING, China -- The latest resurgence of COVID-19 in China, caused mainly by the Delta variant, is more complicated but the epidemic is generally controllable, Chinese officials said Thursday. A medical worker takes a swab sample from a child for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Nanjing,...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- As the global accumulative COVID-19 cases surpassed 200 million, the latest update by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) showed on Thursday that the resurgence of the pandemic could be linked to the opening of borders and the relaxation of travel...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) call for a moratorium on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots to address the disparity in jab distribution between rich and poor countries. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) DOST...
The local government of Valenzuela City is preparing for a possible surge of COVID-19 cases. “I think the city is in good shape, in the sense na ready tayo kung dumami pa ‘yan (I think the city is in good shape, in the sense that we are ready if they increase),” Mayor Rex Gatchalian said at...
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian said on Thursday that they are planning to extend the operating hours of their vaccination sites. “Ngayon three ‘yan of the 14 (vaccination sites) na nag-ooperate till 10 p.m. Ang gagawin namin i-e-extend namin ‘yung hours nung iba rin also till 10 p.m....
Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have facilitated the clearance of the latest batch of Sinovac vaccines to arrive in the country. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) One million doses of the anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from...
