(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...
India has declared Delta Plus as a variant of concern on Tuesday after several cases have been detected. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP/ FILE/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a BBC report on Tuesday, the health ministry said the Delta Plus variant has been detected in 22 samples from six districts in three...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) urged Wednesday, June 23, the government to tighten its response against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic amid concerns on the Delta variant. The proper implementation of the different measures on COVID-19...
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...
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...
The country must "triple" efforts to prevent the spread of a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus since it cannot afford a "disastrous" second wave of infections, President Duterte declared last Monday. Manila residents line up eager to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination site...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, June 22, denied flip-flopping on the face shield policy. He pointed instead to Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Senator Joel Villanueva as having prematurely announced that the wearing of face shields will no longer be required in...
As President Duterte finally decided to retain the mandatory wearing of face shield, the Philippine National Police (PNP) urged the public to follow the order, citing the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the reason. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar...
An infectious disease expert said on Tuesday, June 22, the more transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first identified in India can spread through "fleeting" contact. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Edsel Salvana said the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) is...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III has warned the public against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant which is more infectious. Dr. Edsel Salvana, a member of the Department of Health technical advisory group, warned that the Delta “variant has now been shown to be about 60 percent...
