Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro on Tuesday (March 16) confirmed that minors or those below 18 years old will be prohibited from going out of their homes starting Wednesday (March 17). Mayor Marcy Teodoro (Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) “Totoo, napag-usapan iyan kagabi sa meeting namin. Those...
The government is on track with its acquisition of sufficient supply of coronavirus vaccines in the country, according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP / FILE PHOTO) As the country marked its first year in pandemic lockdown, Nograles assured that more vaccines are...
Sorry kids. Starting Wednesday, March 17, minors will be banned anew from going outside their residences amid the alarming rise of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) A Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) advisory...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has delivered 6,500 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for Bohol medical frontliners as the government races against time to vaccinate as many health workers amid the rising cases of infection in the past days. In a statement, the PCG said a total of...
The East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City has utilized 77 percent of its COVID allotted beds as of Tuesday, March 16. (East Avenue Medical Center Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Alfonso Nuñez, EAMC’s medical center chief, said the number of patients confined in the hospital for...
After a year in quarantine, a barangay in Iloilo province logged zero cases of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), one of the few remaining communities in the country that has been untouched by the virus. (Photo via Raymund Antonio) Barangay Bagacay in Tigbauan, Iloilo had zero COVID-19 cases...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has reached its highest number of admitted COVID-19 patients in four months on Monday (March 15). (PGH FACEBOOK PAGE / MANILA BULLETIN) GH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario said PGH currently has 134 COVID patients. Del Rosario said PGH is admitting about 10...
Antipolo City continued inoculating its frontliners on Monday (March 15) after receiving an additional 1,156 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinovac and AstraZeneca over the weekend. (Jun-Andeng Ynares / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccination will be held until Wednesday (March 17) at the Antipolo City...
There seems to be a slowdown in the worldwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 after the initial rush in the United States and certain other countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) organized COVAX to provide initial vaccine doses to countries with little or no hope of getting them from...
Which are more infectious, and which are more resistant to vaccines? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Here we go again. With the recent increase in cases to over 3,000 new COVID-19 infections daily, we cannot help but feel a sense of déjà vu . This time last year, the unprecedented rise in new...
Mayor Vico Sotto and his driver Kuya Vener Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has revealed that his driver, whom he fondly calls "Kuya Vener," has passed away over the weekend due to COVID-19. "Napakabait at maaasahan si Kuya Vener. Si ever-smiling… na kahit nga pinapagalitan na ay nakangiti pa...
The chief implementer of the National Task Force on COVID-19, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. would rather see Filipinos 'learning to live with the virus' rather than live with total lockdown enforcements anew. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) on...
