CEBU CITY – The neighborhood “tsismosa brigade” as contact tracers? PRO-7 Director Brig. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro (PRO-7 Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Why not, says Police Brig. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro as he raised the possibility that the derided community rumor mongers could help...
President Donald Trump changed his tune in favor of face masks as a tool to combat the coronavirus in the United States, as European leaders on Tuesday agreed on a massive aid package for their pandemic-ravaged economies. US President Donald Trump has come out in favor of face masks to fight the...
After almost four months of treating coronavirus patients in the western Romanian city of Timisoara, doctor Virgil Musta is not only facing a surge in new daily cases, but also a string of conspiracy theories. Coronavirus sceptics in Romania protest against the newly adopted 'law of quarantine'....
Florida's main teachers union on Monday sued Governor Ron DeSantis and other authorities to stop schools from reopening in August, as the state has become a US epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks holding his facemask during a press conference to address the rise of...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Region 1 confirmed on Monday, July 20, seven new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including one fatality, in this city, and Caba town. The fatality was a 67-year-old male from Barangay...
Brazil will begin advanced clinical testing of a Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus Tuesday, issuing the first doses to around 900 volunteers, officials said. Handout picture released by the Sao Paulo State Government showing the cargo shipment of COVID-19 vaccines produced by the...
CAGAYAN The Cagayan Valley region has 11 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases that included two minors as reported by the Department of Health in Region 2 (DOH-2) on Sunday, July 19. According to a report from the DOH-2 and the Cagayan Provincial Information Office, those were affected by the...
ILOILO CITY – Caticlan Port, which is the main gateway to the world-famous Boracay Island, has stopped the entry of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) coming from high-risk areas with a lot of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, including those coming from Metro Manila and Cebu. In this July...
DUMAGUETE CITY -- The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in Negros Oriental enforced strict health and safety requirements for all authorized persons outside residence (APORs), or essential workers coming in from high-risk areas, to protect the...
People fleeing town, widespread joblessness, a rising crime rate: the coronavirus pandemic has plunged New York into crisis, deeply concerning for many, but for others a chance for this famously dynamic city to reinvent itself. The Statue of Liberty is pictured in front of Lower Manhattan before...
DAVAO CITY — Davao City health authorities recorded 104 cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through community transmission, or whose exposure to a confirmed positive patient could no longer be established, out of the 643 confirmed positives reported as of Thursday. In a virtual presser, Dr....
CEBU CITY -- The Inter-Agency Task Force for the management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID)-Visayas has deployed the first batch of 26 swabbers here Friday as part of the Emergency Operations Center's (EOC) aggressive contact tracing efforts. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the...
