JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel's Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Sunday announced that on June 1, almost all anti-COVID-19 restrictions in the country will be lifted. The minister explained in a statement that the decision was taken "due to the low and stable morbidity in Israel that has been going...
The government has appealed to senior citizens to refrain from going out of their houses and continue following other health and safety protocols even after receiving their coronavirus vaccines. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Taguig City resident at a vaccination bus parked...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares We laud the move by the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to put the so-called NCR-plus bubble out of the MECQ status to the current “GCQ with heightened restrictions.” The move will now allow economic activities...
The government is determined to enforce strict testing and quarantine protocols to prevent the entry of the deadly coronavirus strain first detected in India. Passengers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on May 6, 2021 as the government implements stringent testing and...
The government has imposed temporary travel restrictions on passengers coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to prevent the entry of the coronavirus variant first reported in India. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea issued...
President Duterte is willing to lift the strict community quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila and nearby provinces once the coronavirus situation has improved. Addressing the nation Monday, the President admitted that he had difficulty extending the movement curbs but promised to remove them...
The government is reopening the country's borders to certain foreign nationals starting May 1, 2021 as part of easing travel restrictions. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) however imposed some...
The Philippines will be temporarily closing its borders to travelers from India to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. (File photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced the restrictions on travelers from India will be implemented from April 29 to May...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has improved the aviation industry's projected 2021 losses, from $126.4 billion (net profit margin of -33.9%) earlier, to $47.7 billion (net profit margin of -10.4%). However, IATA Director General Willie Walsh said that the pain of the crisis...
To comply with government restrictions on inbound travel, which takes effect today (March 18), Philippine Airlines (PAL) canceled 40 international flights. Transport authorities capped international arrivals to 1,500 passengers daily for the next 32 days to prevent the spread of new COVID-19...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, March 10, said the local government is considering imposing stricter restrictions on various establishments amid the alarming rise in the city’s new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte (QC GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FACEBOOK...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that prolonging the status quo in managing the country’s coronavirus response would result in more hunger, other sicknesses and far more deaths from non-COVID reasons. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said...
