TOKYO, Japan -- Japan logged 249,830 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, posting a record high amid concerns over the overburdened medical system due to the quickly surging number. People wearing face masks walk on a street in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu) It was the second...
CAGAYAN – Officials of the provincial government here are reminding its people to strictly observe the existing Minimum Public Health Standards and to get vaccinated for additional protection against Covid-19. The reminder came following a report that new cases of Covid-19 in Cagayan reached...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday, Aug. 3 asked the Department of Health (DOH) to give Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots to any sector in need before they expire later this month. Marcos, elder sister of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., stressed that billions of pesos were used in buying...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 119,922 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,052,305, the health authorities said Wednesday. Passengers are seen at the Jeju International Airport in Jeju, South Korea, July 17,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution seeking a probe in aid of legislation on the reported unused and expired Covid-19 vaccines, saying such error must not be tolerated. The opposition senator made the move amid reports that billions of pesos worth of Covid-19 vaccine, which were beyond...
(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Over 14 million students have enrolled for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 so far, data released by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Aug. 3 showed. Based on the latest data from DepEd’s Learner Information System (LIS) for the incoming school...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David is hoping that the Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila will peak soon and start subsiding, as the central region saw a decrease in growth rate and reproduction number in the previous week. In an update shared on...
K-pop boy band Super Junior member Choi Siwon has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time, his agency said. Super Junior member Siwon (Twitter) “We would like to inform you about the Covid-19 confirmation of Siwon of Super Junior,” Label SJ said in a statement released on Aug. 3. It...
DALIPE ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Mayor John Dalipe here has tested positive for Covid-19. An official statement made on social media by the Zamboanga city government said Dalipe learned about his health status after undergoing an RT-PCR test last Monday, August 1, as a requirement for attending the League...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden has continued to test positive for Covid-19, his White House doctor said Tuesday, and is experiencing a return of at least one symptom, described as a "loose cough." After previously suggesting that Biden was symptom free since coming down with a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The number of Covid-19 cases here surged to 161 as of July 30 this year, according to Zamboanga City Health Office (CHO) records. City Health Officer (CHO) Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite said the positivity rate also shot up to 10.1 percent from 5 percent in recent weeks. Of the 161...
DOH The Philippines has been logging more than 3,000 Covid-19 cases per day, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, August 2. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said an average of 3,541 cases have been recorded daily in the recent week. "All areas are still at continuous...
