(Pixabay) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its readiness to coordinate with authorities to audit the purchase of vaccines in relation to the country's Covid-19 vaccination program. “On the subject of Covid-19 vaccine expenditures, the DOH is ready to coordinate and comply with the COA's...
The Philippines logged less than 1,000 cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed 810 new infections, bringing the number of active cases nationwide to 18,824. Most of the new cases in the recent two weeks were still found in Metro Manila with...
Full distance learning will no longer be allowed starting the second semester of the School Year (SY) 2022-2023, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced. CHED / MB Visual Content Group Signed by CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III on Nov. 11, CHED Memorandum Order 16 series of 2022...
Nurses in PPEs The Department of Health (DOH) is requesting an additional P27 billion for the provision of health emergency allowance (HEA) for medical workers. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they are in communication with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Wednesday, Nov. 16, said that 325,066 Covid-19 vaccines were already administered in the Mindanao region through its 'bakuna' buses and centers. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross PRC added that 76, 876 individuals were fully vaccinated while 51,238 persons received...
DOH There remains a possibility that the Department of Health (DOH) will recommend extending the Covid-19 State of Calamity in the country if the Public Health Emergency bill is not signed by December. “Kapag hindi naipasa iyan by December, yun pong options natin is first (If that is not passed...
BEIJING, China -- Multiple Chinese cities have cancelled routine mass Covid tests this week, days after Beijing announced limited relaxations of its strict zero-Covid policy which raised hopes of China's eventual reopening. COVID TESTING -- A health worker takes a swab sample from a man in Chengdu....
Former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon and former Senator Panfilo Lacson pressed the Commission on Audit (COA) to audit all the Covid-19 supply purchases worth billions of pesos during the Duterte administration. "The new administration should pursue and resolve this matter to its logical...
A House leader is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to support the Marcos administration’s efforts to bring the country back to normalcy by ditching whatever entry restrictions on inbound travellers they might still have in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. Camarines Sur 2nd district...
The Philippines monitored 1,071 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) said. In the past 14 days, the National Capital Region logged the highest number of new cases with 2,876. It was followed by Calabarzon with 1,736 cases, Western Visayas with 1,421, Central...
K-pop group Girls’ Generation member Taeyeon tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea’s new daily cases surged to more than 70,000. On Nov. 14, SM Entertainment announced Taeyeon’s condition. Girls' Generation's Taeyeon (Instagram) “Taeyeon was diagnosed with COVID-19 today (Nov. 14),”...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Covid-19 virus is heading towards the “endemic” phase in the Philippines amid the continuing decline in the number of cases, an infectious disease expert said on Tuesday, Nov. 15. “Yung nakikita naman talaga natin dito sa Covid, mukhang nagiging endemic...
