CLINICAL MATTERS DR. EDSEL SALVANA What a wonderful holiday season we just had. Face-to-face gatherings are once again the norm after two years of keeping to our own households, and celebrations have been on par or exceeded pre-pandemic festivities. The fireworks on New Year’s Eve were as noisy...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN A total of 3,127 more people tested positive for Covid-19 from the previous week, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Jan. 9. The average daily number of cases from Jan. 2 to 8 was at 447, the DOH said. It noted that this was nine percent lower...
DOH The current border control protocols in the country are still "sufficient" amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in China, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The DOH said it is not yet needed to change the Philippines' border control measures. "We are currently implementing heightened surveillance...
Philippine Ambassador to Beijing Jaime FlorCruz has assured that the situation of Filipinos in China remain in good condition despite the spike in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks. Patients with Covid-19 are pictured in beds at Tangshan Gongren Hospital in China’s northeastern city of Tangshan on...
BERLIN, Germany -- Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg on Saturday discouraged non-essential trips to China, the world's most populous nation, as it struggles with a surge in Covid cases after relaxing strict virus restrictions. "We currently discourage non-essential trips to China. The reason is a...
BEIJING, China -- China lifted quarantine requirements for inbound travellers on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases. The first people to arrive expressed relief at not having to undergo the gruelling quarantines that were a...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -- At least 300 Ilokano entrepreneurs received a ‘COVID-19 Recovery Assistance’ and ‘Mataginayon a Progreso’ assistance from the provincial government of Ilocos Norte through its micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) office at the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The country's supply of Covid-19 vaccines is still sufficient, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Jan. 6. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Friday that the government is monitoring "very closely" the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, adding the Covid-19 situation in the country seems to be being handled well. "So, we're watching it. Of course, very closely. But so far, mukha naman maayos, mukha...
LAGUNA – The local government unit (LGU) of Nagcarlan is heightening its border control and health monitoring protocols amid the threat of the Covid-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series of 2023, signed by Mayor Elmor Vitangcol Vita on Jan. 4, showed that the LGU...
BEIJING, China -- China on Thursday insisted it had been transparent with the international community about its Covid data, as it hit back against World Health Organization criticism that its tally of virus deaths was understating the true scale of its outbreak. There is mounting international...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The swab samples of eight Filipino travelers from China who tested positive for Covid-19 will be subjected to whole genome sequencing in order to check what variant of Covid-19 virus they have contracted. "All of the samples were already sent for sequencing...
