An expert from OCTA Research on Wednesday, July 7, said Metro Manila may become resilient to the Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant in a few months with the ongoing vaccination rollout. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said each local...
The Philippines is set to receive 3 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's single-dose coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine from the government of the United States, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a radio interview,...
A Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on Tuesday, July 7, that local government units (LGUs) should align their ordinances with national policies amid debates on easing of travel restrictions for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) fully-vaccinated domestic tourists. In...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III announced on Wednesday that the municipal government will offer free tricycle rides to senior citizens to encourage them to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on the latest data as of July 6, Pateros has already vaccinated 35,015...
The government is inclined to keep enforcing stricter border control measures to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants in the country. MORANDANTE_07062021-3 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases...
Parañaque will resume its first dose vaccination by mid-July, Mayor Edwin Olivarez said Wednesday. (Mayor Edwin Olivarez / MANILA BULLETIN) The city’s first dose vaccination has been suspended since July 2, Friday, and only second dose vaccinations are being conducted in Paranaque. In an...
The Provincial Government of Batangas has taken advantage of the ‘mass gathering’ in evacuation centers of residents affected by the Taal Volcano rumblings to conduct vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on the latest data, at least 40 evacuees from Agoncillo town were...
President Duterte warned that those selling coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines will be held accountable, saying they were taking away the opportunity for poor people to receive the free shots. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte made the statement after the National Bureau of...
More than 40,000 military and civilian personnel of the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Lorenzana said a total of 40,059 DND...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. again issued an apology late Tuesday night, July 6 over the delay in the delivery of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, which has affected the speed of the national government's immunization program. SORRY--Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. apologizes for the...
The coronavirus vaccines given by the government is free of charge and anyone who sells them will be held accountable, President Duterte declared early Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a taped address aired past midnight, the President expressed concern about the...
(PSA) A total of 30,140 or 4.9 percent of the total registered deaths in 2020 were due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. PSA explained that COVID-19 deaths in its latest data refer to both confirmed and probable cases as of...
