The National Capital Region, Bataan, and Laguna will remain under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from September 1 to 7, 2021, with the same additional restrictions, Malacañang announced. File photo (Mark Balmores) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the...
Paris, France The Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 doubles the risk of hospitalization compared to the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet. Only 1.8 percent of the more than 43,000 COVID cases assessed in...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed that China will continue to support the Duterte administration's flagship infrastructure modernization program and, perhaps more urgently, its aim to locally produce vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Xi Jinping of China and...
The Manila city government has set up a refrigerated container van which will be used to temporarily store the bodies of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Friday (Aug. 27) that they set...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has poured in P9.7 million to fund the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) study on the transmission patterns of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in confirmed cases to help prevent its further spread, and support the Department of Health...
Three colleges in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to resume face-to-face classes on a limited basis. Institute of Business, Science, and Medical Arts, Inc.; Luna Gaco Colleges, Inc.; and Occidental Mindoro State College....
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office wants to focus its attention on deadly diseases other than the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying those afflicted also need immediate assistance from its charity funds. Lotto line up At the resumption of the budget briefing in the House of...
Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Chairman Greco Belgica has sought "prayers" from his followers after learning that he had contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PACC Chairman Greco Belgica (Photo from Belgica's Facebook) Belgica revealed his condition via Facebook on Friday,...
The Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) has gained the approval of the government's pandemic task force on its request to reopen off-track betting (OTB) stations in Metro Manila for the duration of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (Photo from Philracom) This was learned...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi ordered barangay captains to strengthen the use of isolation facilities and implementation of prevent-detect-isolate-treat-reintegrate (PDITR) strategy to stem the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city. He convened city officials and...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Health experts on Friday, Aug. 27, said that Filipinos should not feel discouraged from getting vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite the occurrence of vaccine breakthrough infections. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the adoption of the promotion to use the OneHealthPass platform--a tool that aims to ensure the seamless movement of international travelers arriving in the country. The OneHealthPass online platform. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
