The government is keeping the strict quarantine restrictions in several parts of the country next month to stem the surging cases of the Delta coronavirus variant. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a taped public address on July 29, 2021. (RTVM screenshot) President Duterte has approved to retain...
The mayors of the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila will ask the government’s pandemic task for the imposition of "stricter quarantine measues" amid the threat posed by the more dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has ordered the arrest of people violating the mandatory wearing of face masks and face shields in the municipality due to the threat of the highly contagious Delta variant. “We know the emerging problem of the increase in the number of active positive...
The Delta variant of the COVID-19 has been detected in Malabon City. The local government on Wednesday made the announcement, citing information from the Department of Health (DOH). "Our City Health Office and other concerned offices are working 24/7 to manage the increase in cases," Mayor Lenlen...
A proposed two-week lockdown may be needed to ensure public health before the cases of Delta coronavirus variant escalate further. Manila residents line up to get a second dose of coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site located inside a shopping mall on July 13, 2021. (Malacañang) The proposed...
If there is an emerging consensus among scientists and health experts on going into a pre-emptive lockdown, the Duterte government should listen and act decisively, senators said on Wednesday. "First, government should listen to scientists, the ones who matter. Join them in making the prescription....
BACOOR, Cavite - Eight close contacts of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant patient in Addas 2C in Barangay Molino II tested positive for the virus, Mayor Lani M. Revilla said on Wednesday (July 28). "Yung unang kaso sa Addas 2C, we quarantined all of them, we placed them in a...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año urged the public on Wednesday, July 28, to undertake maximum precautionary measures amid the rising number of Delta variant of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in the country. In an interview over ABS-CBN...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Twenty-five out of the 72 local cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus were found in Metro Manila, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the said cases, 10 were found in the City of Manila, seven in Pasig City, two cases in San Juan, while one...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Wednesday that he is in favor of imposing a stricter quarantine status in Metro Manila to mitigate the spread of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora Zamora, in an interview with CNN Philippines, said the Metro...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila have been implementing "circuit-breaker" lockdowns against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) long before the OCTA Research group made the suggestion. MMDA Chairman Benhur...
The newly mutated COVID-19 Delta variant, which originated from India, has reached the country and is deadlier, more contagious, and difficult to identify. This is according to Dr. James G. Dy, president and CEO of Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center. Dy issued the warning as cases of the...
