Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, July 6 called on the government to ensure that all school staff are fully vaccinated and that schools are fully compliant with Covid-19 safety protocols eve before the planned full implementation of face-to-face classes in November. As a parent, Binay said she too...
Following the government’s announcement of its plan to fully implement 100 percent face-to-face classes by November, teachers’ groups on Wednesday, July 6, said that measures that would ensure the safety of both teachers and students should be in place first. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN)...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 15,176,466 million individuals have already availed their first booster shot against Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The figure represents 19.43 percent of those who are eligible to receive the booster shot, the DOH said. The country's booster...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III reminded the public to wear face masks and get vaccinated amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila. In a live broadcast on July 5, Ponce said Pateros, which is the smallest local government unit (LGU) in the National Capital Region, has eight active...
Muntinlupa’s active Covid-19 cases passed the 100 mark, prompting Mayor Ruffy Biazon to convene the city’s task force to discuss measures to stem the surge. Based on daily data from the City Health Office (CHO), Muntinlupa added 35 new Covid-19 cases on July 4, bringing the total active cases...
An infectious disease expert expressed support on Tuesday, July 4, to the proposed move of the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) to include Covid-19 vaccination in the regular immunization program. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Edsel Salvana...
The Department of Local and Interior Government (DILG) left P577,053,225.99 or 14.29 percent worth of Covid-19 response funds unused out of a total allotment of P4,037,866,230.53, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. The COA and DILG seals, respectively In an annual audit released by the state...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, July 5, that the unused Covid-19 funds that were flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) were already turned over to the national treasury. “Aside from the contact tracers being given by the DILG out of our...
The Department of Health reported on Monday, July 4 a total of 7,398 new Covid-19 cases in the past week, while the seven-day average daily cases rose by 60 percent. (DOH/MB) According to DOH's data, the average daily number of cases which is at 1,057 is 60 percent higher than cases from June 20 to...
The number of Quezon City's active Covid-19 cases climbed to 850 cases on Sunday, July 3. Based on the report validated by the QC Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (QCESU) and released on Sunday, the current number of the active cases is 0.32 percent of the 264,407 total cases. The city's...
Despite having no health chief amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) assured on Monday, July 4 its staff and the public that all of the agency's services and activities are ongoing. DOH In a statement, DOH Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David said that this includes pandemic...
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