DOH The Philippines recorded no new deaths related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, Sept. 24. The Department of Health (DOH) explained that this was due to the technical issue encountered by its COVID-19 data system. The country also recorded zero deaths last July 23. “The Department...
Just be careful, and wear your face shields. (Photos from Malacañang, Unsplash) President Duterte gave these reminders to Filipinos as he appeared to acknowledge more and more the rapidly increasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) figures in the country. "Let me just also give my own take. Simply...
The Philippines has been ranked as the top country in Asia with the highest number of documented killings of land defenders, a recent report from an international human rights organization showed. London-based Global Witness said in its September 2021 report that the Philippines is also among the...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia on Monday reported its 1,000th coronavirus death since the start of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health, as the country continued to battle the third wave of COVID-19 infections. Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2021 shows an empty street in Canberra,...
The Manila city government has set up a refrigerated container van which will be used to temporarily store the bodies of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Friday (Aug. 27) that they set...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US COVID-19 new cases, hospitalizations, deaths continue to climb due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed. Pedestrians walk in the rain caused by tropical storm Henri, in Times...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to hound the Philippine National Police (PNP) as its death toll reached 99 following the demise of another officer from Cebu City. File photo of members of the Philippine National Police/MANILA BULLETIN Citing a report from the PNP Health...
Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Tuesday, Aug. 17, said that the departed “must be treated with dignity” even amidst the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. “Putting the deceased in warehouses falls short of society’s...
(PIXABAY) The Department of Health (DOH) said that eight coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients with the Delta variant in the Philippines have died. The DOH said that six of the fatalities were local cases, while the two others were returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). Of the six local cases, two...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) on Monday night, July 19, to immediately prepare strategic plans to counter the possible local transmission of the far more dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a briefing...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 44,721 within one day to 2,877,476, with the death toll adding by 1,093 to 73,582, the health ministry said on Sunday. The daily caseload was slightly down from 51,952 the previous day, but the number of deaths stayed almost the same....
The Pasay City government recorded zero deaths related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 13 days. The City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) said that out of the 201 barangays in the city, 171 were already declared COVID-19-free, and only 35 barangays or 17 percent have...
