The Delta variant is the most transmissible yet CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana With the accelerating rollout of vaccination programs worldwide, things were looking up for a pandemic-weary world in March 2021. After a year of living in fear of COVID-19, the end was in sight. It looked...
The government will look into the proposed inclusion of Indonesia on the list of countries with travel restrictions to the country to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Delta strain of the coronavirus disease. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the...
Malacañang assured the public that the Chinese-made Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine was still effective against the more contagious and deadlier Delta variant of the disease just like other brands in the country's inventory. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a vial of coronavirus...
The Philippines received an additional one million doses of Sinovac vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday morning, June 28, amid mounting calls to stop the procurement of the Chinese brand and start prioritizing Western brands which are supposedly more effective against the...
Heard It Through the Gripe-Vine: Our New Abnormal Philip Cu Unjieng A) Just in case you’ve been hiding under a stone, or burying your head underground, one of the more amusing news of the week that just passed was the ‘We don’t need it anymore… oh yes, we still need it’ flip-flopping on...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cast a giant shadow on the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games. With less than a month left, anxiety over the possibility that foreign athletes and journalists could be carriers of the emerging deadly Delta variant has been added to the hosts’ long list of...
FILE PHOTO The country has so far not yet recorded any local case of the Delta coronavirus variant, an official of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said on Saturday, June 26. Based on the genomic biosurveillance, the country still has 17 cases of the Delta variant and all of them were “incoming...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government will strictly monitor arriving “balikbayans” and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who may be possible carriers of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Rubiano said since the city is near the airport, she already...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Hospitals in the country will be "significantly" strained if the Delta coronavirus variant spreads in the communities, a member of the OCTA Research group warned on Thursday, June 24. The Delta variant is a combination of the "worse characteristics of the variants that...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Independent research group OCTA urged the different hospitals to increase their capacities dedicated for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. OCTA Research Group member Ranjit Rye said that this...
Amid the emergence of the so-called “Delta plus” variant, the country’s vaccine expert panel assured Wednesday, June 23, the public that all vaccines that are available in the country could ward off any severe forms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) even with variants. This handout...
Malacañang reminded the public to continue following the government's battle cry "Mask, Hugas, Iwas" (Face mask, handwashing, physical distancing) after it was reported that an existing deadlier and more infectious variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has mutated. Presidential...
