BERLIN, Germany - Germany will end the requirement to wear face masks on long-distance trains and buses from February 2 as the coronavirus pandemic loosened its grip on the country, authorities announced Friday. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach made the announcement after consultations with...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN Four out of the eight Filipino travelers who recently arrived in the Philippines from China were found to be carrying Omicron subvariants BF.7 and BA.5.2, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Jan. 13. This was based on the result of the whole genome...
DOH It is still "unknown" whether the emergency phase of the Covid-19 pandemic will end this year, the Department of Health (DOH) believes. Such a scenario is "difficult to answer" at this point but the Health department is looking forward to it happening, considering the improvements in the number...
Actress Angelica Panganiban recently tested positive for COVID-19. She is currently on isolation. On Instagram, Angelica revealed how she badly misses her family. Uploading a screenshot of their video call, she wrote as caption: "Nauubusan na ko ng positive thoughts. pls send help. I miss you...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) An infectious disease expert is hoping that the upcoming arrival of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines can help improve the country’s booster shot uptake. Dr. Edsel...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has highlighted the sluggish uptake of supposedly easy loans by Covid-hit travel and tourism-related micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the height of the pandemic, as reported by the Small Business Corp. (SBCorp). Camarines Sur 2nd...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila dropped to 5 percent on Jan. 10, based on monitoring by OCTA Research. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that the positivity rate—or the number of individuals who yielded positive results from those...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Wednesday, January 11 threw his support for President Marcos' non-extension of the state of calamity due to Covid-19 in the Philippines, saying its declaration would affect the country's image to foreign tourists. In place of the declaration, Zubiri...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than 73 million individuals were already fully-vaccinated against Covid-19. "As of Jan. 8, 2022, almost 73.8 million Filipinos have been fully-vaccinated," the DOH said. The figure includes 6.9 million senior citizens, 10 million adolescents, and...
WASHINGTON, United States – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rescinded the Pentagon's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defense spending bill. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (AFP/File) Austin wrote in a memo...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has yet to observe a significant rise in Covid-19 cases even after the gatherings conducted during the recent holiday season. The number of new Covid-19 cases is still decreasing, said DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Tuesday, Jan. 10. "As we have...
Covid-19 Positivity Rates in NCR and Luzon Provinces as of January 7, 2023 (OCTA FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila is now close to the World Health Organization's (WHO) benchmark of 5 percent after OCTA Research observed a drop in the rate to 5.8 percent...
