The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is still recommending the continued use of face shields in public spaces to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they adopted the...
Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all policemen especially those deployed to enforce quarantine rules to be on guard on the spread of the Delta variant, believed to be more transmissible than any other coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded over 5,000 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country. In the latest case bulletin on Sunday, a total of 5,803 more cases were detected, raising the nationwide count to 1,359,015. There were 57,679 cases that remained active. Of...
Minors or individuals aged below 18 years still shouldn't be loitering outside their residences, a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) official clarified on Sunday, June 20. (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) "Dapat po sumunod pa rin tayo sa mga protocols pagdating sa COVID . Nandyan pa...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, June 20, said her office is prepared to extend a hand to the Bicol region once the local government unit (LGU) there agree to coordinate with them about the rising number of COVID-19 cases and hospital utilization rate. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen...
(PIXABAY) The number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Davao City continued to increase as it averaged 252 cases per day during the June 13-19 period, OCTA Research said in its report on Sunday, June 20. OCTA said that Davao City still leads the list of local government units outside...
(MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Iloilo Medical Society has appealed to the national government to provide more supplies of vaccines and medicines for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Iloilo is currently experiencing a surge in cases. "COVID-19 virus continues to spread havoc in our country and...
Malacañang clarified that Filipinos covered by repatriation efforts in countries included in the travel ban imposed due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were allowed to return to the Philippines subject to quarantine and testing protocols. OWWA personnel inspect travel...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday urged the government to expedite the release of standard quarantine protocols for vaccinated Filipinos to benefit not just returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW), but to fast track the country’s economic recovery as well. “Please make it sooner,...
The Department of Health (DOH) has issued a “memorandum” which provides the inclusion of the Philippine Red Cross’ positive saliva test results in the national tally of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was disclosed by PRC consultant...
More than eight million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered in the country, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 revealed on Sunday, June 20. An airport employee receives a coronavirus vaccine shot during the vaccination rollout at the Manila...
The government must obligate the P173-billion from Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 before the law expires on June 30, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Sunday, June 20. Pangilinan said the government should ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination program using the funds under...
