A vaccine expert warned Monday, Aug. 16, that the continued violation of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health and safety protocols would mean more virus transmission and mutations. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani appealed to the public to...
The government's pandemic task force has temporarily suspended the protocols that allowed the shortened quarantine period for fully vaccinated close contacts of probable and confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang announced Wednesday, August 11. A temporary health facility...
SONA PROTEST RALLY (MB/ FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the deployment of policemen during President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), while waiting for their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test results, is considered a "breach" of protocol. “Yes, we will say...
12.4M vaccinated; 1.4M total cases; 1.380M recovered; 25,650 deaths; continue mask-handwash-social distance protocol From ECQ to GCQ to ECQ – that’s how NCR, later the NCR-Plus, fought COVID-19 from June 2020 to June 2021 The surge in number of COVID-19 cases in March 2021 started the NCR-Plus...
The final protocol for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials is expected to be finalized this weekend, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, June 18. A laboratory worker places a test tube containing a patient’s sample into a box during...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday expressed dismay at Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat for committing serious health violations when she went on tour together with a six-year-old child. Binay said the DOT chief’s latest stories in Instagram show a series of health violations....
Fully vaccinated people should no longer be required to undergo a swab test before traveling to tourist destinations in the country, according to a Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Members of the Armed Force of the Philippines line up for COVID-19 testing at the RIzal...
Thousands of people were apprehended and fined by personnel of the Quezon City government and police on Wednesday for violating health safety measures, including those who were not wearing face shields and those who supposedly took off their mask to wipe sweat from their face. As of noontime, the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Monday, May 10 said the police should heed newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar’s order not to put mask violators in jail. Recto said any rush to arrest persons for not wearing face mask without setting up...
At least two senators on Sunday, May 9, urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to provide masks to health protocol violators, saying they should instill discipline but must show compassion to these people. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said the PNP should be ready to provide violators of...
At least 1,225 individuals were apprehended by authorities in Caloocan and Quezon cities for violating virus-related orders and ordinances as Metro Manila mayors ordered anew the strict implementation of health protocols amid the surging case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the National...
With rising number of cases, the country is still far from flattening the curve. That's why when a young TikToker's video of spending time with friends in a home without a single one of them wearing masks went viral, it sparked anger among Filipinos. TikTok user Hazel Grace, under the username...