The Pasay City government announced on Saturday that the Covid-19 vaccination in the city will be moved to 13 barangay health centers. Mayor Emi Calixto Rubiano said the first and second doses of the vaccines, as well as the booster shots, against Covid-19 will be administered at the city’s...
A nation that is made resilient by means of vaccination and adherence to health protocols may immediately be able to bounce back to normalcy even amid the threat of Covid-19 and its subvariants, a health expert said on Saturday, June 4. (Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) Health reform advocate and former...
All 16 cities and the only municipality in the National Capital Region (NCR) are still under the coronavirus Alert Level 1 after the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases clarified the list of areas in the said risk level classification. (ALI VICOY /...
The team of Paranaque City’s Mobile Vaccination Program (MVP) conducted drive-thru Covid-19 booster shot vaccination on Friday, June 3. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the team of MVP headed by Dr. Jefferson Pagsisihan, Ospital ng Paranaque 1 and 2 medical director; and Eva Nono, head of the External...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go stressed on Saturday, June 4 the need to continue implementing minimum public health standards amid recent proposals to lift the ‘’State of Public Health Emergency’’ and make the wearing of face masks optional in the country. “It might be too early to...
To help ensure the safe 100 percent reopening of schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to immediately resolve “old normal” problems which have been haunting public schools even before the Covid-19 pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “How are we going to achieve a better...
ILOILO CITY – For the first time in over two years, Antique no longer has an active case of COVID-19. “This is a milestone for the provincial government, especially, for the health sector as COVID-free status is the ultimate goal ever since the pandemic started and cases started to increase,”...
Makati CBD skyline The Department of Health (DOH) is currently cold on the idea of lifting the country’s state of calamity status due to Covid-19 pandemic as several factors need to be considered first. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the lifting of the state of calamity is...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday said the Filipino people got shortchanged after the draft committee report on the questionable procurement of alleged overpriced Covid-19 supplies by the government with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation failed to get the approval of the Senate. Gordon, chairman...
Experts believe that there is no need to fear the monkeypox as the Philippines’ Covid-19 pandemic response experience can help fight the viral disease if it enters the country. (UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES WEBSITE) "We have a three-year drill for wearing masks and that will actually help a...
Barangay Ayala Alabang in Muntinlupa, which is composed mainly of the posh Ayala Alabang Village, has recorded 16 new Covid-19 cases in one day. Data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) showed that on June 2, Ayala Alabang posted 16 new cases from zero new cases on June 1 and 2. Ayala...
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo -- Covid-19 deaths in the African region are expected to decline by almost 94 percent in 2022 compared with 2021 which was the pandemic's most lethal year, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, citing a new WHO analysis. The analysis, which was...