DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 6,560 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Wednesday, July 21 - raising the country’s running case tally to 1,524,449. Of the total, 3.1 percent or 47,996 cases are still active. The DOH said that 92.1 percent of these patients have mild...
The Philippines will have a hard time handling an Indonesia-like coronavirus cases (COVID-19) surge driven by the more transmissible Delta variant, a group of health workers warned on Wednesday, July 21. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Alliance of Health Workers...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he will focus on his role as Malacañang's spokesperson before deciding if he should run in the 2022 elections. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made the statement after a supposed initial list of President...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will bring the Vaccine Express initiative to Naga City, the hometown of Vice President Leni Robredo, to boost the local government’s COVID-19 vaccination capacity. A tricycle driver takes a photo of a woman at the Vaccine Express in Manila to record her...
The Philippines must prepare for a "worst-case scenario" against the possible spread of a more transmissible Delta variant, a physician from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine said on Wednesday, July 21. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Gene Nisperos...
Malacañang said the Philippine government does not easily impose travel restrictions on its Asian neighbors but stressed that it will not hesitate to implement a ban if the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in a certain country worsens. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
The government has appealed to the public to complete their two-dose vaccination to thwart the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant. A senior citizen receives a single-shot Johnson & Jonhson Janssen coronavirus vaccine at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July...
Senators on Wednesday, July 21 urged the government to put in place stricter mechanisms anew to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) cases of the more infectious Delta variant in the Philippines from rising to dangerous levels and put the country’s health system and economy at risk once again....
A total of 562,770 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines purchased by the national government will arrive tonight, Wednesday, July 21. (Photo from PNA) The doses are expected to arrive at 9:20 p.m. at Ninoy Aquino Internatiinal Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 aboard a DHL...
This picture shows used vials of the BioNtech Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination of seafarers at a stadium in Manila on July 15, 2021. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP) The country's health experts are still not yet recommending the use of booster shots for those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus...
Congressmen and health experts moved on Wednesday, July 21 to ask the Supreme Court to step into the Ivermectin controversy as they stressed that the medicine could help address the grave threat brought by the Delta variant to public health. Ivermectin2 However, bad weather prevented the...
Malacañang said the government's coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic task force will soon meet to discuss the suggestion of local chief executives to suspend its policy that allowed kids aged five and up to leave their homes. President Duterte presides over a meeting with core members of the...