The plan to expand limited face-to-face classes to more schools in areas classified as “high risk” has been postponed until next week, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. Simulation of face-to-face classes in Comembo Elementary School, Makati in December 2021. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA...
Independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila as well as Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) may start to go down in the middle of the month and towards the end of it if the same trajectory as South Africa would...
Amid the spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the OCTA Research group on Tuesday, Jan. 4, said that Metro Manila’s hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19 has increased to 29 percent. (File Photo / AFP / Manila Bulletin) “In seven days, hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19...
Life will be hard for individuals who continuously refused to be vaccinated following the decision of Metro Manila mayors to restrict their movement under Alert Level 3, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, Jan. 4. DILG Undersecretary and...
Bulacan, Cavite, and Rizal have joined the National Capital Region (NCR) in the heightened classification of alert level 3 in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was announced Tuesday morning, Jan. 4, by Cabinet Secretary and...
By Cherrylin Caacbay and Khriscielle Yalao Seven local government-run hospitals in Metro Manila are struggling with the increasing number of patients with COVID-19 with some temporarily halting new admissions. As of Jan. 3, the City of Manila recorded 766 active cases, 91,143 recoveries, and 1,775...
While face to face classes in pilot schools located in the National Capital Region (NCR) have been temporarily suspended, Education Secretary Leonor Briones assured that the students will continue their lessons under the distance learning set-up. (FILE PHOTO / DepEd Philippines) “Those who...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has imposed a curfew for unvaccinated minors aged 17 years old and below under Alert Level 3. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has placed the National Capital Region under Alert Level 3 from Jan. 3 to 15 due to the threat of the highly transmissible...
Faster than the Delta-driven surge, Metro Manila’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reproduction rate has escalated to a “very high” level of 4.78, said the OCTA Research group on Monday, Jan 3. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Reproduction rate refers to the average number of secondary...
After the Christmas vacation, it’s back to school for millions of students in basic education on Monday, Jan. 3. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Education (DepEd), on its official social media accounts, announced the resumption of classes for School Year (SY) after the holiday break....
Malacañang said that the government was left with no choice but to escalate the National Capital Region (NCR) back to alert level 3 due to the ongoing surge of cases from the holiday season. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The rapid increase in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing positivity rate in Metro Manila over the past few days has slowed down likely due to a decrease in social and mass gatherings leading up to New Year's eve, OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David said on...
