Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced, on Sunday, Jan. 2, several restrictions to be imposed in Manila following the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force’s (IATF) implementation of Alert Level 3 in the National Capital Region (NCR) . During a Facebook live stream, Domagoso announced...
Following the surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases throughout the National Capital Region (NCR), Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso urged the public to follow health and safety protocols in order to lessen the burden faced by medical frontliners. Domagoso made it a point to...
The City of Manila has recorded over 400 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on the first day of 2022. As of Jan. 1, a total of 435 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Manila, the highest number seen since the start of November where about 430 cases were recorded on Nov. 2. People flock to...
Independent research group OCTA said on Saturday, Jan. 1, that the National Capital Region's (NCR) reproduction number has increased to 4.05. Crowd at flea market. OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said in a tweet that this is the highest since April 2020 which was the onset of the coronavirus...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 3,617 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on New Year's Day on Saturday, Jan. 1. Crowd at flea market. Saturday's tally already surpassed Friday, Dec. 31, 2021's numbers of 2,961 COVID-19 cases. The last time the country recorded more than 3,000 cases...
Independent research group OCTA said that new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country may swell to 4,000 on Saturday, Jan. 1. People watch fireworks display that light up the night sky over Quezon Memorial Circle on New Year's celebration, Jan. 1, 2022. Unlike last year where the city's...
NEW YORK, United States – Daily COVID-19 cases in New York State shot up and hit a new record once again while more people were tested amid a new wave of infection, according to data issued by the local government on Wednesday. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN New York State reported 67,090 positive...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The lightning spread of the new Omicron variant in the United States has driven daily COVID-19 new cases to a record high of over 510,000 on Monday. People line up to receive COVID-19 test in Arlington, Virginia, the United States on Dec. 22, 2021. (Ting Shen/Xinhua) It...
CALAX-SUBS5-SILANG-4 MPCALA Holdings Inc., (MHI) has activated its "Oplan Biyaheng Ayos" in its Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) as it expects 10 percent traffic surge from December 23, 2021 to January 4, 2022. The toll road operator placed CALAX's operation on heightened alert status to guarantee...
President Duterte has "advised" Filipinos to use face shields on top of their face masks in order to protect themselves from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Kaya yung talagang gustong di kayo matamaan, huwag niyong itapon yung...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Infection rates are soaring across South Africa as a result of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but fewer people have died or required hospital treatment compared to previous waves of Covid, health officials said Friday. On Wednesday, South Africa recorded the...
For Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, the Philippines is the safest place for migrant Filipinos, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), to spend their Christmas in given recent victories against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/...
