The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax for use in the vaccination of children aged six to 11 in the European Union (EU) on Thursday, Feb. 24. Spikevax is now awaiting conditional marketing...
One of the stars of Netflix’s hit Korean zombie series “All of Us Are Dead” has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Yoon Chan-young, who plays Lee Cheong-san in “All of Us Are Dead,” got a positive result using a self-test kit on Feb. 24. Yoon Chan-young as Lee Cheong-san...
The government's pandemic task force has amended the metrics that will be used to determine what alert level would be raised in provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities, Malacañang announced Thursday, Feb. 24. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan....
TALISAY CITY, Cebu — Despite being thousands of miles away from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong, Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Feb. 24, assured that she is in close contact with organizations and private partners there to ensure no one gets left behind. A police officer...
Makati CBD skyline For six consecutive days, the Philippines has maintained a daily number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases to just less than 2,000. A total of 1,745 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed on Thursday, Feb. 24. This was slightly higher to the cases recorded on Wednesday...
As the viral transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country wanes, an OCTA Research fellow briefed the public on how the “new normal” on a COVID-19 endemic would be. Molecular biologist and OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, during the Go Negosyo’s...
The number of daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections may increase once the country reopens the economy but it is not expected to overwhelm the healthcare capacity, especially in Metro Manila, an OCTA Research fellow said on Thursday, Feb. 24. “There is a concern that the daily COVID-19...
CEBU CITY - Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia ended months of speculations whether or not she will take the COVID-9 vaccine when she confirmed that she already got her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine last February 12. Garcia said she was inoculated with Sinopharm, a Chinese brand COVID-19 vaccine....
Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar congratulated the city’s School Division Office (SDO) after being adjudged No. 1 in the National Capital Region (NCR) with the highest number of public school teachers who were vaccinated against COVID-19. Paul San Miguel, head of the Public Information Office...
Private hospitals are prepared for the possible surge in cases of COVID-19 should the alert level be downgraded to 1, said Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPi) president Dr. Jose Rene D. De Grano. In a “Laging Handa” briefing on Thursday, Feb. 24, De Grano disclosed...
An OCTA Research fellow, on Thursday, Feb. 24, said that “no dangers are currently seen” in Metro Manila and that the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) indicators in the region will likely transition into “green” by next week. The color green, based on the OCTA’s legend, means that...
The San Juan City local government announced on Thursday, Feb. 24, that its active COVID-19 cases have dropped to less than 20. According to the local government unit (LGU), the San Juan City Health Office has recorded 15 active cases as of Feb. 23, a sharp decline from the 1,947 cases it tallied...
