Thailand just lifted its RT-PCR requirement on May 1; launches the ‘Visit Thailand Year 2022: Amazing New Chapters’ Koh Phi Phi Islands The RT-PCR testing requirement for fully vaccinated tourists traveling to Thailand is no longer required, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) deputy governor...
OCTA Research fellow Professor Ranjit Rye, on Thursday, May 5, said that more than 70 percent of adult Filipinos are willing to get boosted against Covid-19. “More than 70 percent of adult FIlipinos who have taken the vaccine ay willing magpa-booster. Minority lang ang ayaw magpa-booster – nasa...
Malacañang assured the public that the government is spending the country's borrowings efficiently as the country availed itself of more loans amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. File photo of residents maintaining social distancing as they wait for their turn to get the cash assistance or "ayuda"...
NEW DELHI, India -- India's federal government in its newly released the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 has stated that the country recorded an increase of 6.2 percent in the death rate in the Covid-19 pandemic year. According to the report released on Tuesday in case of registered...
A subway staff member stands guard at the entrance of a closed subway station in the central business district in Beijing on May 4, 2022. Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on May 4, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people. Jade GAO...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano on Wednesday, May 4, called on immunocompromised individuals to get their second booster shot against Covid-19. Rubiano made her call after the City Health Office (CHO) reported that only 16 individuals have so far received the second booster shot of the...
Las Piñas Mayor Imelda Aguilar has announced that the city government is now accepting walk-ins for the second booster shot of immunocompromised individuals. Aguilar reminded those 18 years old and above who are immunocompromised individuals to bring their original vaccinations card that...
Less than a week before the 2022 elections, President Duterte urged the public to get their booster shots to protect themselves against Covid-19 when they cast their vote on May 9. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement amid projections of a surge in coronavirus cases...
A total of 15 foreign tourists who visited Palawan to explore Tubbataha Reef tested positive for Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday, May 3. Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (Photo courtesy of Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and World...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said Tuesday, May 3 that Filipinos should not be complacent even as local Covid-19 cases aren't rising to alarming levels compared to previous months or like what other countries are now experiencing. Addressing supporters gathered at the Mutual...
With less than a week to go before the May 9 elections, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. urged the unvaccinated voters to get inoculated and have their booster shots to keep the polls safe and free from Covid-19. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
A total of 1,481,683 individuals were inoculated with the vaccine against Covid-19 as the national government stepped up the drive through the house-to-house vaccination, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, May 2. In a briefing with...
