The government has purchased 89 million doses of coronavirus vaccines amounting around $1 billion so far amid efforts to step up the inoculation of Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation...
FILE PHOTO The Beta variant is the most "common" variant among the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive samples that were subjected to genome sequencing, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “ na po ang pinaka karaniwan ngayon na nakikita sa biosurveillance, umaabot po ng 21.1 percent...
Getting Filipinos vaccinated against the coronavirus disease will be one of the priorities of President Duterte in the final year of his six-year term. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation drive at a school in Tondo, Manila on June 20, 2012....
(From left) Lovelyz’s Seo Ji Soo, Kei and Mijoo (Instagram) K-pop girl group Lovelyz’s member Seo Ji Soo has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), resulting in the cancellation of activities of other members. Woollim Entertainment announced on June 23 that Seo Ji Soo was...
(MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Iloilo Medical Society has appealed to the national government to provide more supplies of vaccines and medicines for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Iloilo is currently experiencing a surge in cases. "COVID-19 virus continues to spread havoc in our country and...
People form a line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin/File Photo) Infectious disease experts are still recommending to the public to wear face shields as it is one of the measures to prevent the spread of highly transmissible variants of...
Around P20 billion will be set aside by the government to procure additional coronavirus vaccines for the country's young population. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III gives updates to President Rodrigo Duterte during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
A person may face a murder complaint if he or she deliberately infects other people with the coronavirus disease and such transmission causes death, according to President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over the meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
The country has a reached a "major milestone" in the fight against the pandemic with the start of the mass vaccination, particularly the essential workers in the public and private sectors, President Duterte declared Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a vial of coronavirus vaccine developed by...
If not enough countries will band together and commit to vaccine equity, COVID-19 will continue to evolve and humanity may be consigned to a never-ending pandemic. It’s a race against time. While the first generation of vaccines has demonstrated high levels of efficacy, these need to be...
’TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has placed the entire Luzon grid under red alert due to insufficient power supply. As rotational brownouts loom due to low power reserves brought by high electricity demand, this latest electricity...
An oral drug that can suppress the coronavirus transmission will be available in the market within four to five months in the United States. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The antiviral drug, "Molnupiravir," was jointly developed by two major pharmaceutical companies, namely the Rigibel in Germany and...
