The Department of Health (DOH) said that the presence of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant has been found in all cities of Metro Manila. DOH/MB "All National Capital Region (NCR) areas now have a local Delta case," said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in an online press...
DOH/MB The Philippines has once again saw more than 8,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Thursday, August 5. Based on the latest case bulletin, there were 8,127 additional COVID-19 cases, pushing the nationwide running total to 1,627,816. The last time that the country recorded over...
(MB FILE PHOTO/ ALI VICOY) The Department of Health (DOH) reported Thursday, Aug. 5, 116 new people infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Of the new Delta infections, 95 are local cases, one is a returning overseas Filipino (ROF), and 20 cases are currently being verified if these are...
People wait in line for first dose vaccination at SM Manila on Thursday, Aug. 5. (ALI VICOY) The Department of Health (DOH) has appealed to the different local government units (LGUs) to ensure the safe conduct of their respective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization activities. DOH...
Covid surge The country's four regions are now under the "high-risk" level in terms of the utilization of their intensive care unit (ICU) beds dedicated for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. These regions are Central Visayas with 70 percent occupancy rate, Ilocos with 71 percent, Cagayan...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) There were 7,342 new people who were found positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, August 4. The tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country since last year is now at 1,619,824, of which, 63,171...
A senior citizen in Muntinlupa poses with the sign "we got fully vaccinated" after getting the single shot johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine (MunCoVac) Family members of senior citizens play a huge part in convincing them to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an...
COVID-19 VIRUS ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO The presence of the Delta coronavirus variant has already been seen in nine out of the 17 regions of the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “We have detected local cases of Delta in nine regions,” said DOH Epidemiology Bureau...
DOH/MB The country recorded 6,879 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, August 3. The new cases brought the Philippines' cumulative tally to 1,612,541, of which, 63,137 are active, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Nine laboratories were not able to submit their data to the...
A senior citizen receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Angono, Rizal. (Angono Public Information Office) Senior citizens are allowed to go to the COVID-19 vaccination centers even if they don’t have an appointment during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some areas of the...
Undated photo shows a vial of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (BioNTech/Handout via Xinhua) The country is expected to receive 22.7 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines this month, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, August 3. DOH Undersecretary...
DOH/MB The Philippines on Sunday recorded 8,735 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, raising the number of active cases to more than 63,000, the Department of Health (DOH) said. This was the third straight day that the country has recorded more than 8,000 new cases. With the detection of new...
