The threat of the new Omicron variant notwithstanding, the Philippines has successfully flattened the curve of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fresh daily cases that was triggered by the Delta variant during the third quarter. (Photo from IATF) A visual representation of this can be seen in this...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has called for a more proactive approach in preventing a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, saying this is important to keep the country's still-recovering economy open. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III has warned the public that the Philippines might end up replicating the recent surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Europe if we let our guard down. WHAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING?--A huge number people gather outside Las Piñas Medical...
The National Capital Region (NCR) should remain under Alert Level 2 as it will be too soon if the government will ease the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions to Alert Level 1. DILG spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (DILG photo) Department of the Interior and Local Government...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 9, appealed to local government units (LGUs) to have a sense of urgency in speeding up their immunization drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) instead of making alibis why they could not keep up with other areas. Vaccine czar Carlito...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila has returned to the level before the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases driven by the highly infectious Delta variant, the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Nov. 4. In a virtual forum, OCTA fellow Professor Guido David said the number of cases...
A total of €800,000 or over P47 million in humanitarian assistance will be poured to Midnanao by the European Union (EU) to help address the problem of the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic there. The European Union flag (Photo by Christian Lue/ Unsplash) According to a statement...
Along with the continuous rise of COVID-19 cases, the number of violations of minimum public health standards also increased to 1.9 million, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed Monday night, September 20. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana virtually attends...
President Duterte has continued to downplay the figures that the Department of Health (DOH) is recording in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) scourge. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his taped "Talk to the People" public briefing on Friday night, Sept. 10, which...
President Duterte has signed Proclamation No.1218, which effectively extended the State of Calamity previously declared throughout the Philippines in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) The directive enforces an extension of...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David warned that the peak of the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge in the Philippines might happen "five weeks from now." David pointed out that the COVID-19 infection rate in the country has been decreasing but at...
The number of people seeking assistance from the national government's COVID-19 response hotline, One Hospital Command Center (OHCC), has doubled in just a month as the country continues to experience a surge in new virus cases amid the Delta variant. Dr. Marylaine Padlan, medical officer of OHCC,...
