Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, the man who was instrumental in helping contain the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has been awarded the Arangkada Lifetime Achievement Award by the Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) of the Philippines. Presidential Adviser...
The Department of Health (DOH) team praised the Las Pinas City government for its clean and orderly vaccination sites during an inspection visit on Tuesday, on Nov. 30. DOH Regional director Gloria Balboa and her team visited The Tent and SM Center where the Bayanihan Bakunahan was being conducted....
A number of local government units (LGUs) have started preparing stricter health safety regulations in a bid to lessen the effects of the possible adverse impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) should it reaches the Philippines. League of Provinces of the...
Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The new coronavirus variant called Omicron could exhibit the same characteristics just like that of the Delta variant, a health expert said on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The Omicron variant has sparked concerns among infectious disease experts, said Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of...
The country is now beginning to prepare the healthcare system to mitigate the effects of the Omicron variant since officials believe that it is only a “matter of time” before it arrives. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. says the government is already preparing the healthcare system ahead of the...
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...
Philippine Red Cross' (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon has directed the PRC executive management to do the necessary preparations in case the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant hits Philippine shores, the organization said on Tuesday. Nov. 30. (Photo from...
The Philippines will stick with its rule in allowing foreign travelers into the country amid the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Sought for reaction on whether or not the country will enforce a Japan-like...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, Nov. 30 said mass vaccination alone is not enough for pandemic control if new variants like Delta and Omicron keep emerging. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate Economic Affairs committee, stressed that ‘’we need to get ahead of their spread through early detection...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Nov. 30 that there is no need to revert back to the usage of face shields with the continued dip in coronavirus cases (COVID-19) that the country is experiencing. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) In an interview on ANC, Dr. Althea de Guzman,...
As part of its role to conduct genomic biosurveillance, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said that it will check samples from early November with the threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) "So far we...
President Duterte has left it to the government's pandemic task force to decide whether or not to make the use of face shields mandatory again as a precautionary measure against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) File photo of President Duterte wearing a face shield....
