ILOILO CITY – The city government denied that Iloilo City is under General Community Quarantine implemented during the pandemic after a positive case of monkeypox was recorded here. “It is fake news,” said Joy Fantilaga-Gorzal, spokesperson of Mayor Jerry P. Treñas. Facebook posts...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government is planning to maintain a mega isolation facility for Covid-19 patients due to a directive of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to maintain one such structure in this city. THE Covid-19 mega isolation facility in Zamboanga City (City...
For their exemplary service for the past two years amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Pasig City local government recognized on Friday, July 29, the healthcare frontliners of the centralized isolation facility in Rizal High School (RHS). Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto In a social media post, Pasig City...
BEIJING, China -- China lifted quarantine requirements for inbound travellers on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases. The first people to arrive expressed relief at not having to undergo the gruelling quarantines that were a...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan will fully reopen its borders by ending mandatory Covid quarantine for arrivals next month, the government said Thursday. The island has largely kept its borders closed and implemented strict quarantine rules throughout the coronavirus pandemic, keeping infection numbers...
Gwyneth Anne Chua, known as the "Poblacion Girl," pleaded guilty for violating Covid-19 quarantine protocols when she skipped the government-mandated quarantine procedures upon returning to the country from the US last December, the Makati City Prosecutor's Office said Monday, Sept. 5. Chua,...
We have been wearing face masks for almost three years now, since the World Health Organization had declared Covid-19 as a pandemic in March 2020. With that, we had followed social distancing and hand washing as minimum health and safety protocols to prevent the spread of the virus, in compliance...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
In preparation for the opening of classes this incoming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) appealed to local government units (LGUs) to pull out Covid-19 isolation facilities that were put up in schools. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa, in a press conference...
The medical doctor who shot dead former Lamitan, Basilan Mayor Rosita Furigay and two others at the Ateneo de Manila University on July 24 is now being subjected to Covid-19 quarantine protocols at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-run facility. This was confirmed on Sunday...
Reviewing quarantine, isolation, and why these are still important CLINICAL MATTERS After a very quiet few months following the Omicron wave in January, cases are once again on the rise. Many of us were expecting thousands of cases shortly after elections but this never materialized. Indeed, WHO...
President Duterte will be remarkable for Filipinos not only because of his accomplishments but also because of his no-holds-barred remarks that are either witty, funny or controversial. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Over the past six years, the outgoing President made pronouncements, either...
