The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila decreased over the previous week, maintaining the region's low-risk status for the infectious disease, the OCTA Research Group said on Monday, July 10. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said Metro Manila's Covid-19 positivity rate dropped from 4.8 percent on...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 347 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, July 8. The total nationwide tally is now at 4,167,606. DOH said that the number of active cases is now 6,553, with 431 new recoveries. Meanwhile, the death toll remains at 66,484 for the 10th straight day. According to the...
The Philippines is headed to lifting the public health emergency imposed to counter the transmission of Covid-19. Covid-19 vaccination (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said this in a Palace briefing on Tuesday, July 4, as he bared that President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 423 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, July 2. This is the highest number of daily new cases in the past three days as per DOH's report. The total number of active cases is now at 6,925, which is a slight decrease from July 1's 6,945. Meanwhile, there was still no...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 319 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, July 1. The number of active cases is now at 6,945, leading to a total of 4,165,076 cases nationwide since the pandemic began. The health department also advised that the number of recoveries climbed to 4,091,647 with no new...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminded in a media briefing on Friday, June 30, that a doctor's prescription will be required for purchasing bivalent Covid-19 vaccines once they become available in the country. The supplies will be sold by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, but the price and...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has recognized a Filipino-British nurse, who administered the world's first Covid-19 vaccine, for bringing honor to the country. President Marcos and Filipino-British nurse May Richell Cestina-Parsons meet in Malacañang on June 29, 2023. (RTVM Screenshot)...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna- Pangan urged the public to get the second Covid-19  booster shot ahead of the rollout of bivalent vaccines for the general public. In her social media address, The Capital Report, on Thursday, June 29, the  mayor lamented the low turnout in booster...
The Covid-19 vaccines will remain free for poor Filipinos even after the country's public health emergency is lifted in the future, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa said on Tuesday, June 27. Courtesy of DOH Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa Facebook "Magiging libre siya sa...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Four Mayon Volcano evacuees have tested positive for Covid-19. The Albay Provincial Health Office (PHO) said the latest to catch Covid was an evacuee from Malilipot, this province, on Monday, June 26. Jan Edmund Bailon, Albay Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the application and granted a Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) for the Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty. Courtesy of Unsplash According to the European Medicines Agency, Comirnaty contains tozinameran, which is an mRNA molecule with...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 521 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, June 25. Photo courtesy of Pixabay This results in a total of 8,244 active cases in the country, the health department advised. DOH noted that these cases are those that tested RT-PRC positive by a DOH-Research Institute for...
