Independent research group OCTA said that new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country may swell to 4,000 on Saturday, Jan. 1. People watch fireworks display that light up the night sky over Quezon Memorial Circle on New Year's celebration, Jan. 1, 2022. Unlike last year where the city's...
NEW YORK, United States – Daily COVID-19 cases in New York State shot up and hit a new record once again while more people were tested amid a new wave of infection, according to data issued by the local government on Wednesday. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN New York State reported 67,090 positive...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The lightning spread of the new Omicron variant in the United States has driven daily COVID-19 new cases to a record high of over 510,000 on Monday. People line up to receive COVID-19 test in Arlington, Virginia, the United States on Dec. 22, 2021. (Ting Shen/Xinhua) It...
CALAX-SUBS5-SILANG-4 MPCALA Holdings Inc., (MHI) has activated its "Oplan Biyaheng Ayos" in its Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) as it expects 10 percent traffic surge from December 23, 2021 to January 4, 2022. The toll road operator placed CALAX's operation on heightened alert status to guarantee...
President Duterte has "advised" Filipinos to use face shields on top of their face masks in order to protect themselves from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Kaya yung talagang gustong di kayo matamaan, huwag niyong itapon yung...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Infection rates are soaring across South Africa as a result of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but fewer people have died or required hospital treatment compared to previous waves of Covid, health officials said Friday. On Wednesday, South Africa recorded the...
For Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, the Philippines is the safest place for migrant Filipinos, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), to spend their Christmas in given recent victories against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/...
The threat of the new Omicron variant notwithstanding, the Philippines has successfully flattened the curve of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fresh daily cases that was triggered by the Delta variant during the third quarter. (Photo from IATF) A visual representation of this can be seen in this...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has called for a more proactive approach in preventing a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, saying this is important to keep the country's still-recovering economy open. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III has warned the public that the Philippines might end up replicating the recent surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Europe if we let our guard down. WHAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING?--A huge number people gather outside Las Piñas Medical...
The National Capital Region (NCR) should remain under Alert Level 2 as it will be too soon if the government will ease the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions to Alert Level 1. DILG spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (DILG photo) Department of the Interior and Local Government...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 9, appealed to local government units (LGUs) to have a sense of urgency in speeding up their immunization drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) instead of making alibis why they could not keep up with other areas. Vaccine czar Carlito...
