(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippines should take note of the warnings from other countries with surge in infections due to the Delta variant, the OCTA Research said Thursday, July 29. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido David said that the National Capital Region (NCR) is “at its early stages” of a...
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 Department of Health (DOH) reported 97 new cases of Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus in the country. Of the 97 new cases, 88 were local...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año attributed the country's fight effective fight so far against the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the role of the Local Government Units (LGUs). In a press briefing with the President Wednesday...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed readiness in the enforcement of hard lockdown if, and only if, the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) amid the rising number of Delta variant cases in the country. “Hindi na bago sa inyong...
Amid looming threat from the more transmissible Delta variant, the country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) thumbed down on Thursday, July 29, OCTA Research’s proposal to shorten the interval between administering the two doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. (NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano has signed a resolution supporting the move to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for two weeks due to the increasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and the threat of the Delta variant. Cayetano and 16...
Five fully vaccinated Philippine General Hospital (PGH) health workers who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant showed mild symptoms, its spokesperson said Thursday, July 29. Philippine General Hospital (PNA) In an interview with ANC, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas del...
If Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos would have his way, he would have Filipinos work from home for the next two weeks as a way to halt the spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Thought Catalog/ Unsplash)...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez insisted that the national government isn't belittling the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite its decision to not budge from the current general community quarantine (GCQ). Department of Trade...
A two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is what the Metro Manila mayors want as a response to the Delta variant threat, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos stressed in a virtual press briefing Thursday, July 29. WE WANT ECQ--Metropolitan Manila Development...
Here's a simple move that you can take as a defense against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19): stop smoking. (Photo by Uitbundig/ Unsplash) "Now is the best time to quit smoking," Dr. Loida Alzona, head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) Health and Environmental Protection...
President Duterte has ordered the police and barangay officials to not let unvaccinated people go around the streets, telling them to escort these "walking spreaders" home and not let them out. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) Duterte made the statement following reports of a...
