Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday called on the government to start vaccinating minors following the detection of more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country. Gatchalian said it is highly necessary to prevent minors from becoming “variant factories.” “By the time we get...
A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) assured residents of Metro Manila that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations will not be stopped as the capital region is...
The government's pandemic task force has intensified its detection and isolation efforts amid the threat of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A medical worker walks on the aisle of the new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila on April 26,...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday, August 1 urged the government to ramp up biosurveillance and genome sequencing to control the spread of new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants, particularly the Delta variant, which has wreaked havoc in at least two countries. With more cases of the Delta variant of...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara As of the time this article was written, Philippine health authorities have detected no less than 114 infections of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the country. This particular strain, first detected in India last October 2020, is among the “variants of...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the vaccination program in the municipality will continue even under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), which will be in effect from Aug. 6 to 20 in the National Capital Region (NCR). “Our walks-ins will be until Thursday only. Starting Friday,...
Cardinal Advincula (Archdiocese of Manila photo) Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula urged the faithful to stay vigilant amid the threat of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. “Mayroon tayong threat ngayon especially sa Delta variant, kailangan na mag-prepare tayo para hindi mag-spread...
COVID-19 VIRUS ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO The Department of Health (DOH) has called on the public to be extra cautious as the Delta variant of the coronavirus is “highly transmissible.” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the Delta variant carries at least 1,000 times more virus as...
An infectious disease expert on Saturday, July 31, stressed the importance of vaccination as a document released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the more transmissible Delta variant is as "contagious as chickenpox." (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) The CDC...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to maintain cleanliness in the police stations and offices as part of the lines of defense amid the threat of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Eleazar issued the...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), to start the necessary preparations for the full implementation of the stricter rules under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. This, as...
A university-based research group first broached the idea of a “circuit-breaker lockdown” against the Delta variant that is known to be “more transmissible, potentially deadlier, and can spread quickly faster.” The Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship, speaking on behalf of the private...
