The Omicron outbreak in Metro Manila remains severe, while three highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) in the Philippines are now classified under the “mature stage” of the surge, an OCTA Research fellow said on Thursday, Jan. 13. FILE PHOTO / DR. GUIDO DAVID In a Twitter post, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon personally handed out 470 IV fluid bottles to diarrhea patients in medical tents just outside Siargao District Hospital, the organization said on Tuesday, Jan. 11. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
A three-man team was sent by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Davao Del Norte to assess the fatal diarrhea outbreak in the Davao Penal Colony, Panabo, Davao Del Norte, the organization said on Thursday, Nov. 11. Philippine Red Cross (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) PRC said that the diarrhea outbreak has...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted Monday that New Zealand's widely praised "Covid zero" strategy had failed to halt a stubborn outbreak in Auckland and said a new approach was needed. (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) The hardline elimination policy had largely protected the country from the pandemic,...
At least 19 priests and seminarians at the Ateneo Jesuit residences in Quezon City have tested positive for COVID-19. According to a report of DZMM, four Jesuit residences are now under lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak. Fourteen foreign seminarians are also positive for COVID-19 at Arrupe...
By Aaron Dioquino The Congregation of the Religious Virgin Mary (RVM) confirmed on Sunday the deaths of two more nuns due to COVID-19. In an interview with ABS-CBN News, RVM spokesperson Sister Ma. Anicia Co said 10 members of the RVM have now succumbed to COVID-19. Co said that they are now short...
WORD ALIVE Fr. Bel San Luis The news, which originated from CNN Philippines last Sept. 21 and circulated through other media outlets, averred that “Christ the King Seminary in Quezon City tested positive for COVID-19, the local government says.” “Twenty-five of the 59 individuals in the...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia has cancelled its "Festival of the Dead" -- an annual holiday where the Buddhist faithful pay respects to deceased relatives -- after a coronavirus outbreak among monks in the capital. Worshippers around Cambodia visit pagodas during the two-week Pchum Ben...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has tasked the City Health Department(CHD) to prioritize vaccinating all individuals working and living in closed and long-term care facilities. “We are working closely with the city’s vaccination team so inoculation can be done at the soonest possible time,”...
The Quezon City government has started the inspection of closed and long-term facilities with surging cases of COVID-19. This, after COVID-19 outbreaks hit orphanages, convents, and seminaries in Quezon City where hundreds tested positive for COVID-19 and at least nine individuals died. According...
Eight nuns of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) Convent in Quezon City, have succumbed to COVID-19. According to a report from Radyo Veritas, the eight nuns were from 80 to 90 years old. “The personnel are still young so they are on the road to recovery. Some Sisters are moving from...
VIENNA, Austria – The first civil lawsuit begins in a court in Vienna on Friday over a notorious outbreak of coronavirus at the popular ski resort of Ischgl in March 2020, where thousands of people from 45 countries claim to have become infected. The village of Ischgl on April 23. (Johann...
