The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila is projected to further increase, according to an expert studying the pandemic in the country. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Prof. Guido David estimated that the number of new cases in the National Capital Region...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) reported more than 14,000 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for two straight days already. Based on the latest case bulletin, there were 14,749 more cases of COVID-19 detected nationwide, pushing the number of active cases to 102,748. The country’s...
Two more policemen died as cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to rise in the Philippine National Police (PNP). As of Sunday, August 15, the total number of PNP personnel who died of COVID-19 is 91. Based on the data of the PNP Health Service, the latest fatalities were a 49-year...
The Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital clarified on Sunday, August 15, that there were no medical lockdown threats in the hospital. The hospital management made the clarification after a media outlet uploaded photos of medical workers outside of the facility and titled the post: “DOH under siege as...
Thee Bureau of Immigration (BI) has assured the thousands of returning Filipinos of continued and uninterrupted service at the country's International airports amid the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said...
More than a year after the pandemic started and the Philippine government is still not doing enough COVID-19 tests with Vice President Leni Robredo calling on the government to test more because the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant pushes the number of daily cases past 14,000. (Vice...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said local government units (LGUs) should aim to fully vaccinate 70 to 80 percent of their citizens against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if they want to avoid future lockdowns. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, August 15 urged local government units (LGUs) to work closely with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and other national agencies in order to expedite the country’s COVID-19 vaccination database. Go, who heads the Senate...
The national government received Sunday afternoon, Aug. 15, a total of 469,200 doses of Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which it procured under a tripartite agreement with the help of the private sector. Singapore Airlines flight SQ912 lands on Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino...
Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos has urged the national government to fix the membership comprising the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and create a real “task force” that would streamline the functions of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic...
About 90 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are unvaccinated, its spokesperson said Sunday, Aug. 15. (PGH FACEBOOK PAGE / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang nakikita ko, 90 percent pa rin unvaccinated na nasa critical...
The majority of children who contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and were admitted at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) recovered from the viral illness, the hospital's spokesperson said Sunday, Aug. 15. Philippine General Hospital (PNA) As of Sunday, PGH, the country's largest COVID-19...