(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The country logged on Sunday 7,058 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide. The Philippines' cumulative tally rose to 1,223,627 wherein 4.4 percent or 53,757 cases were still active. It was noted that "13 duplicates were removed from the total case count." "Of...
A member of the OCTA Research Group has urged the government to make adjustments on protocols for domestic travel as provinces outside Metro Manila experience an increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow...
Twenty residents in Muntinlupa City, who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, won 25 kilos of rice each in a raffle draw that aims to encourage more people to get the jab. One of the winners (left) of the “Bigas sa Bakuna” raffle promo held in Barangay Sucat Sunday (Barangay Sucat / MANILA...
Swab testing (Photo from Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) urged the public to get tested only in licensed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing laboratories and not to perform self-swabbing. “Kung kailangan po natin magpa swab meron po tayong mga lisensyadong laboratoryo o hindi kaya may...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to implement the “waterfalls policy” to hasten the government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program so that the country could finally achieve herd immunity. Tolentino said the IATF should allow the limited...
Individuals who will be caught selling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine slots should be punished and given with lethal injection, a "joking" Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, May 30. Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG)...
Two dentists stressed how maintaining good oral hygiene during this pandemic can be a preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Unsplash) The oral cavity is one of the entry points of COVID-19 to the body aside from the nose and eyes, Dr. Adeliza Valeza said. Valeza noted that...
The World Health Organization (WHO) should “step in” and resolve the problems caused by some countries’ preference for certain coronavirus vaccines, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 30. Without naming the vaccine brand, the vice president also stressed the importance for the...
The country will receive another 50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Sunday night, May 30, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 disclosed. The initial batch of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on May 1,...
DOH / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said about 12 percent of senior citizens in the country have been vaccinated so far since the COVID-19 vaccination program started last March. DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said that there is a need to speed up the vaccination of the priority...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has ordered a tighter monitoring on staycation hotels and other accommodation establishments (AEs) in relation to the observance of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) protocols. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (Photo from Puyat's...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has turned over a swab testing booth to a local Lions Club chapter in hopes of helping Cavite control the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The swab testing booth donated by Lions Club...
