Entry of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron is not completely preventable and that the efforts being conducted are to buy time to prepare in case of its detection in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 6. DOH/MB During a media briefing, Health...
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...
Editorial The World Health Organization (WHO) has tagged the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, also known as B.1.1.529, as a variant of concern. It has also become a cause of action by many states that are determined to stave off a reprise of the Delta variant’s deadly onslaught a few months ago....
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...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano ordered the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) to be vigilant against the Omicron variant of COVID-19. CESU head Miko Llorca said they have already coordinated with the Bureau of Quarantine for them to monitor the arriving balikbayan and tourists who...
Filipinos in Austria are in "good condition" amid the emergence of Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the foreign country, the Philippine Embassy there said. Chargé d' Affaires Deena Joy Amatong of the Philippine Embassy in Vienna, Austria (Screengrab from Laging Handa...
Philippine Red Cross has tested more than five million Filipinos for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a milestone PRC Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon has set after they put up PRC's first-ever molecular laboratory in April 2020. “We have been here since the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday urged the government to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination program for minors and teachers in light of the global concern on the Omicron variant. Gatchalian pointed out the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Omicron a variant of concern on Nov. 26, and...
The San Juan City local government held on Wednesday, Dec. 1, the groundbreaking rites for one of its newest infrastructure projects as it aims to further improve its services to its residents amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with his sister Atty. Bel...
Amid the threat of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron, National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Special Medical Adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa urged the public Sunday, Nov. 28, to get vaccinated, saying that the vaccines remain effective in protecting oneself against the severe form...
The Department of Health (DOH) team praised the Las Pinas City government for its clean and orderly vaccination sites during an inspection visit on Tuesday, on Nov. 30. DOH Regional director Gloria Balboa and her team visited The Tent and SM Center where the Bayanihan Bakunahan was being conducted....
A number of local government units (LGUs) have started preparing stricter health safety regulations in a bid to lessen the effects of the possible adverse impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) should it reaches the Philippines. League of Provinces of the...
