Some of the biggest hospitals in the country are shutting down their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wards due to manpower issues, National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said. A signage bearing "temporarily closed full capacity" is seen displayed outside the Manila Medical...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 20 said the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now the most common lineage in the country. DOH/MB This as the Health department reported the detection of 319 additional Delta cases, 13 Alpha and 9 Beta cases in the latest whole...
K-pop boy band ASTRO member Jinjin tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the latest Korean celebrity to get infected with the virus. “On Sept. 16, Jinjin of ASTRO, an artist belonging to our agency, was in poor physical condition and immediately underwent COVID-19 PCR test just in...
The highly transmissible Delta variant is posing “serious challenges” to jobs, the Department of Finance (DOF) admitted. Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said the mutations in the new coronavirus caused more than 3.8 million people dropped out of the labor force between June and July this...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion cannot help but feel upbeat about the vaccination of workers in the private sector following the "timely" arrival of 600,000 AstraZeneca jabs on Friday morning, Sept. 17. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and...
Just be careful, and wear your face shields. (Photos from Malacañang, Unsplash) President Duterte gave these reminders to Filipinos as he appeared to acknowledge more and more the rapidly increasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) figures in the country. "Let me just also give my own take. Simply...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has announced that houses with positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be tagged as part of new rules in the municipality under the General Community Quarantine Alert Levels System implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) starting...
The number of cases of the highly contagious Delta variant increased in Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila. Based on a report presented by Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire during the “Laging Handa” online briefing on Sept. 14, the number of Delta...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported new 640 Delta coronavirus variant cases in the Philippines. In a statement on Monday, Sept. 13, the DOH said that 584 of the new cases were local cases, two were returning overseas Filipinos (ROF), and four cases are currently being verified if these are...
The University of Santo Tomas Central Student Council (UST CSC) asked administrators to implement University-wide academic ease or academic break, citing the rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country. University of Santo Tomas (ust.edu.ph) In a survey conducted by UST CSC,...
The Municipality of Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila, recorded nearly 700 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. According to the tally by the municipal government, active COVID-19 cases totaled 695 as of Sept.9 as it added 125 cases for the day, an increase...
The government will increase the target population that it intends to vaccinate against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from 70 percent to around 80 to 90 percent, the country's vaccine czar revealed Wednesday, Sept. 8. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo / Screenshot from Kapihan sa Manila Bay...
