The country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have continued to decline over the past weeks, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed on Monday, Dec. 6. Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 as the Metro Manila eases to Alert Level 3 for COVID-19. (Photo by Ali...
Two public schools in Muntinlupa started holding face-to-face classes on Monday, Dec. 6, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Tunasan National High School (TNHS) and Putatan Elementary School (PES) are two of the 177 additional public schools included by the Department of Education (DepEd) in the...
DOH The Philippines added another 603 cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to its running tally of infections since last year. Based on the latest case bulletin, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 2,834,775, of which, 0.5 percent or 13,853 patients are still...
Hospital nurse (FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country's health system remains prepared in the event that COVID-19 cases rise anew amid the threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant. “Handa tayo... Alam natin paano gagawin kung magkakaroon man ng high transmissible...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Sunday, Dec. 5 that only one inmate in its jail facilities was infected with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In a press briefing, BJMP spokesperson Chief Inspector Xavier Solda said the unnamed COVID-19 afflicted inmate is closely...
(AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) A man who received two doses of different brands of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in just one day in Zamboanga City last November did not experience an "untoward effect" so far, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, Dec. 4. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement restrictions in Metro Manila in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has recorded another less than 1,000 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Dec. 4, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The country...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said more than nine million individuals were vaccinated after the national vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease...
Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The potentially more transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant has not been detected in the country yet, health authorities said on Saturday, Dec. 4. “So far, wala pa tayong na detect na Omicron sa 18,000 na nai-sequence natin (So far, we have not detected Omicron in the...
The shortage of vaccinators was the root cause of the failure of some localities to meet their respective inoculation targets of the qualified individuals during the National Vaccination Days. This was disclosed by League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president and Marinduque governor...
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the shelf life of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech can be extended from six months to nine months. “Itong extension ng shelf life ng Pfizer (This extension of Pfizer),...
Thousands of Zamboanga residents troop to a barangay multipurpose hall for the first day of Bayanihan Bakunahan on November 29, 2021. (Zambo LGU photo/Manila Bulletin) Over eight million individuals were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the national vaccination campaign...