The Department of Health (DOH) has asked the public to be more cautious especially amid the threat of the highly transmissible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant. DOH/MB "Be more cautious and comply with the (health) protocols because this is highly transmissible," Health Undersecretary...
President Duterte is prepared to tighten movement curbs in communities if warranted especially in the face of the threat of the more contagious coronavirus variant. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the President won't hesitate to...
Health advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon called on Monday, July 19, for the conduct of more genomic sequencing on hotspots areas to determine those infected with the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Aside from genomic sequencing, the former government health...
Amid the limited capacity of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) to hold genome sequencing, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said Monday, July 19, that it is best to assume that there is already local transmission of the Delta variant. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) During the...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Monday, July 19, police forces in some parts of Mindanao to strengthen the intelligence-gathering and patrol to prevent the illegal entry of people into the country through the borders in the South amid the...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III said it's up to employers to decide whether or not they would let their employees work from home amid the threat of the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Fusion Medical Animation/...
Amid confirmation of transmission and deaths from the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has started preparing for worse-case scenarios for its personnel, particularly those assigned in the frontline. PNP chief General Guillermo...
Treatment czar Leopoldo Vega said Monday, July 19, that the Department of Health (DOH) is eyeing to increase hospital capacities amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. (UNSPLASH) Vega said the Health department is looking to increase the capacity of Level 3 hospitals to make sure...
Malacañang did not think that there will be big changes made to President Duterte's schedule due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying his movements were already limited since the start of the pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang)...
The Philippines is bracing itself for the threat of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amid the feared possibility of another surge of infections due to the highly transmissible coronavirus variant. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the...
There are now three deaths among the Delta variant cases. DOH/MB Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosette Vergeireâ© revealed this on Monday, July 19. "Yes, three deaths among 35 Delta cases," she said in a statement. Vergeire said they are the following: 63-year-old male...
The Taguig City government said the first Delta variant case recorded by its health unit was a Taguig-bound returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW). The Delta variant is a highly contagious strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Taguig’s COVID-19 variant...
