The government has yet to consider reimposing a "hard lockdown" in response to the rising cases of Delta coronavirus variant in the country. 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 San Juan City local government announced on Tuesday, July 27, that two Delta variant cases have been detected in the city. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) "Yesterday, July 26, we were notified that two residents tested positive for the Delta variant. These residents, a nine-year old...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The OCTA Research group has warned the public on Tuesday, July 27, against dining out and having social gatherings amid the threat of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a public briefing, OCTA Research fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Right now it’s official, we are in a surge dito sa (here in the) National Capital Region (NCR).” OCTA Research fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye made this assessment on Tuesday, July 27, as the independent research group reported that the average number of new...
General Community Quarantine (GCQ) “with heightened restrictions” has been imposed anew amid rising concerns over the dreaded COVID-19 Delta variant. The more restrictive regimen was imposed over Metro Manila, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Davao de Oro, and Davao del Norte from July 23 to 31....
Another batch of medical experts on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Israel has arrived in the Philippines. The Israeli medical experts who arrived on July 26, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Leopoldp Vega welcomed the arrival of the medical...
The Pateros municipal government said it cannot administer the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine due to lack of new supply from the national government. In a live broadcast Sunday, Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III apologized for the delay in the vaccination of people with the first dose. The AMC Gym...
One case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Quezon City, the City Public Information Office (PIO) reported on Monday. (AFP) The PIO said the patient is a 34-year-old male Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who arrived in the country from Saudi Arabia on June 24. Upon his arrival, the...
Two lawmakers on Monday, July 26 vowed to pursue a legislation that would strengthen the capacity of the country's lone genome center to help detect new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants and improve the government's response capabilities during a pandemic. Senator Sonny Angara, who earlier filed...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, July 26, said 24 of the Delta variant cases in the country were not vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB Data from the DOH also showed that of the 119 Delta variant cases, nine were vaccinated, while the vaccination status of the 86...
The Philippines may suffer long-lasting economic losses owing to prolonged coronavirus pandemic that took a heavier toll on small businesses and low-income families, think-tank Moody’s Analytics said. Makati CBD skyline Steven Cochrane, Moody’s Analytics chief economist for Asia-Pacific said...
There is no case of the highly contagious Delta variant in Muntinlupa, according to the City Health Office (CHO). On Sunday, the Department of Health (DOH), University of the Philippines’ Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) and University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health reported 55...
