China and the United States will deliver two million doses of Sinovac vaccines and 250,000 doses of Moderna jabs respectively to the country this week, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 confirmed Wednesday, June 23. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident...
The more transmissible Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant presents "changing" symptoms, the University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health (UP NIH) said Wednesday, June 23. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) UP NIH Executive Director Eva dela Paz said the Delta variant that...
The delivery of 50,000 doses of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) this month has been delayed, National Task force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. confirmed Wednesday, June 23. A health worker shows Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines...
For one, it doesn't just happen to LGBTQ+ people and, most important of all, it is not a death sentence Beating AIDS and HIV and COVID-19 together While we are about to see a light at the end of our dark COVID-19 tunnel, one virus still looms on the sideline and continues to threaten mankind's...
A Nigerian national was taken into custody on Tuesday night, June 22 after he was caught with a fake negative result from a supposed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) Arrested by members of the Philippine...
An infectious disease specialist assured the public that all available coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines remain effective against the more transmissible Delta variant. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) According to studies, the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) first identified in...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III is not satifisfied with how the Department of Health (DOH) justified its recommendation to keep the mandatory face shield policy. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen. Sotto/https://vicentesotto.com) On Wednesday, Sotto filed Senate Resolution No. 757...
Vice President Leni Robredo is “very much willing” to extend her newest initiative, the Vaccine Express, to Visayas and Mindanao in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Vice President Leni Robredo and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Robredo said this in response to the...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, June 23 prodded government agencies tasked to implement the provisions of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 to quickly utilize the funds under the law before it lapses on June 30. Angara noted there is very little time left for the implementing...
A Palace official has blamed the opposition forces for allegedly sowing fear in the coronavirus vaccination that threatens to derail the government's efforts to reach herd immunity. A Manila resident gets a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine during an inoculation program in Tondo on June 20, 2012....
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said he and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas were still friends after the latter told him to watch his mouth when talking about the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in different localities in the country. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and Presidential Spokesman...
Threatening to arrest people over their refusal to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 will not solve the hesitancy among Filipinos of receiving the jab, Senator Joel Villanueva said. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation drive at a school in...
