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People stroll near a mall in Pasay City on Nov. 7, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The positivity rate in Metro Manila has decreased to 3 percent, which is within the 5 percent benchmark set by the World Health Organization (WHO), the OCTA Research said Thursday, Nov. 11. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido said...

(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The positivity rate of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila has decreased to 5 percent, which is considered "low," independent research group OCTA said on Saturday, Oct. 30. "The positivity rate, which measures the proportion of people who test positive using...

With the high coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila, the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the localities that failed to meet the August 31 deadline has been extended to September 10, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año...

More than a year after the pandemic started and the Philippine government is still not doing enough COVID-19 tests with Vice President Leni Robredo calling on the government to test more because the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant pushes the number of daily cases past 14,000. (Vice...

It is still “too early” to recommend whether the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed in Metro Manila will be extended after August 20, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Thursday, August 12. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo, an opposition leader, cited some of...