The Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) has failed to construct a hospital for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases despite receiving the funds for the project two years before the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic struck. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine This was...
(FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) The number of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily continue to rise as 13,177 new infections were reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 13. The fresh cases set the second-highest number of new cases reported in a...
Lung Center of the Philippines (FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) The Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) has dedicated 76 percent of its bed capacity for patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the continuous rise in the number of infections. LCP spokesperson Dr. Norberto...
The Commission on Audit's (COA) observations on the Department of Health's (DOH) disbursement of COVID-19 funds should prompt the "right people" to act, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday, August 13. Senate President Vicente Sotto III delivers a speech in the opening of the third...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 13, officially released the enrollment guidelines for the incoming school year amidst the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN Signed by Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the DepEd Order No. 32...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines increased by 31 percent in the past week amid the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant. “National cases saw an increase in the recent week,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria...
The government is seeking to fully vaccinate 50 percent of people in Metro Manila before the end of August, an official of the National Task Force against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) said Friday, Aug. 13. A vaccinator administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a passenger inside their vehicle...
The average coronavirus vaccination in Metro Manila has reached 231,000 jabs per day, according to an official of the government’s task force against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A vaccinator administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a passenger inside their vehicle during the opening of the...
A 99-year-old Muntinlupa resident got his COVID-19 vaccine Thursday and said he did not experience any adverse effects. Romeo “Lolo Bob” Javier, a resident of Alabang Hills Village, was administered the Moderna brand through Muntinlupa’s drive-thru vaccination program at Festival Mall upper...
Three policemen were found to be infected with the feared Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the Philippine National Police (PNP) grapples with findings that 90 percent of its casualties were unvaccinated frontliners, a ranking official confirmed Friday, Aug. 13. (File photo of...
The Quezon City government has expanded the capacity of its HOPE community caring facilities amid the rising number of children who have tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Esperanza Arias, head of the city's health department, said on Friday the local government already procured additional beds,...
The Quezon City General Hospital and Medical Center (QCGHMC) will convert its chapel into an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to the increasing number of COVID-19 severe cases.
According to QCGMHC Director Dr. Josephine Sabando, the converted chapel can accommodate 21 ICU beds.
“Our COVID-19...
