After three weeks of being under critical risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the country and the National Capital Region (NCR) has gone down to high-risk case classification, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24 Shoppers flock to bargain stores...
The Department of Health reported on Monday, Jan. 24, a total of 24,938 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (FILE PHOTO) According to the DOH, five labs were not able to submit their data. Monday's case bulletin brings the total number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic to...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24 that the National Capital Region (NCR) is ready in case it will shift to a more relaxed classification of Alert Level 2 by February. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level...
Coronavirus disease cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) have peaked, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24. (FILE PHOTO) "Lumalabas nag-peak na at nakikita natin na ilang araw nang sunod-sunod na bumababa ang kaso ng NCR at lumiliit ang porsiyentong iniaambag nito sa...
Muntinlupa has recorded 12 cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and all of them have already recovered. Data showed that as of Jan. 23, the 12 Omicron variant cases have been tagged as recovered composed of four...
The “underreporting” of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines is a serious matter and may affect the decision on whether to downgrade or upgrade the country’s alert level, a public health expert said in a radio interview on Sunday, Jan. 23. (Manila Bulletin File Photo)...
Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila with an estimated population of 70,000, has recorded an increase in active coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the Pateros municipal government, as of Jan. 19, the town has 485 active COVID-19 cases, up by 38 cases or 8.5...
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Bulacan reported more recoveries from COVID-19 and a decline in the number of new cases. The PHO said that as of Wednesday, Jan. 19, active COVID-19 cases in the province declined to 10,098 from 10,342 on Tuesday, January 18. Governor Daniel R. Fernando....
Amid reports of counterfeit coronavirus disease (COVID-19) medicines such as Molnupiravir, the Department of Health (DOH) released an advisory on Wednesday, Jan. 19 Molnupiravir (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Molnupiravir, according to DOH, is a drug for mild cases of COVID-19 currently provided with an...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 19, a total of 22,958 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the lowest in the past week. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) This is even lower than...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 19 two deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron. Omicron variant of COVID-19 DOH sais that both deaths were aged more than 60 years, unvaccinated, and had pre-existing medical conditions. "While Omicron mostly presents...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) said on Wednesday, Jan. 19 that it amended the interim guidelines on the use of leave credits for absences due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine and/or treatment. (CSC/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, CSC said that under CSC Resolution No....
