Although she agrees with the government’s decision to impose granular lockdowns instead of community quarantine in areas with a high number of coronavirus cases, Vice President Leni Robredo highlighted the need for intensified testing, tracing, and isolation. Vice President Leni Robredo and...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has praised the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) issuance of an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna vaccines for children aged 12 to 17. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri (Albert Calvelo/Senate PRIB) "I want to thank FDA Chief...
Cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) increased to 26 in Taguig, according to a report. This is an increase of five cases, or 24 percent, from 21 Delta variant cases listed by the Department of Health (DOH) last Aug. 26 based on the genome sequencing run...
PHILIPPINE GENOME CENTER WEBSITE Eighty-three percent of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) random samples sequenced and analyzed in August were found to be of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Cynthia Saloma said on Friday, Sept. 3....
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,...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A new coronavirus variant known as ''Mu,'' identified first in Colombia in January, is now the country's predominant strain and behind its deadliest pandemic wave yet, a health official said Thursday. (Image credit: Shutterstock) The variant was responsible for Colombia's deadly...
Baguio City will again temporarily ban non-essential travelers from going to the "summer capital" for more than two weeks beginning Friday, Sept. 3. Baguio City (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the move is part of the local government unit's (LGU's) control measures to...
Pateros now has 12 local cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This is an increase of five cases or 71 percent from seven Delta variant cases listed by the Department of Health (DOH) as of Aug. 21. Pateros contact tracers (DILG Pateros) The new Delta...
The newly detected Mu variant, first identified in Colombia, should not be a reason for alarm in the Philippines, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said Thursday, Sept. 2. (CSFP CIO / MB FILE PHOTO) In its weekly epidemiological update published on Aug. 31, the World Health Organization warned...
Vice President Leni Robredo has agreed that Filipino students should not be allowed back to school now because of the more transmissible and contagious Delta variant. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo said students had a “missed opportunity” of attending face-to-face classes when...
The Lambda coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant, first identified in Peru, is not a cause for alarm yet, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said Thursday, Sept. 2. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The World Health Organization (WHO) designates Lambda as a "variant of interest." "What concerning about the...
The highly transmissible Delta variant is overtaking other coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variants in the Philippines, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) reported Thursday, Sept. 2. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "In the beginning of months of April to May the vast majority of sequence of SARS-CoV...
