Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all policemen especially those deployed to enforce quarantine rules to be on guard on the spread of the Delta variant, believed to be more transmissible than any other coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Malacañang clarified that Filipinos covered by repatriation efforts in countries included in the travel ban imposed due to the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were allowed to return to the Philippines subject to quarantine and testing protocols. OWWA personnel inspect travel...
A vaccine expert warned Saturday, June 19, that another coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant could possibly emerge if the public, including those fully vaccinated individuals, keeps violating the minimum public health standards set by the government. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
COVID virus (FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) urged the different local government units (LGUs) to strengthen their strategies against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the Delta variant is becoming “dominant” globally. DOH...
The travel ban on passengers coming from seven Asian and Middle Eastern countries has been extended up to the end of the month, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Tuesday, June 15. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Malacañang...
A public health expert on Saturday, May 29, said the proposal of the Department of Tourism (DOT) to establish a “green lane” for vaccinated travelers entering the country is “counterintuitive” amid the threat of new coronavirus variants spreading worldwide. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
DOH / MANILA BULLETIN The World Health Organization (WHO) has yet to give its official assessment if there is already a community transmission of the different coronavirus variants in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby areas, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary Maria...
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization (WHO) report showed Wednesday. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found...
Cyprus confirmed its first cases Wednesday of the COVID-19 variant behind the acceleration of India's explosive outbreak, detected among four people quarantined upon arrival, the health ministry said. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Four samples tested positive for the Indian variant, while two others...
The cargo vessel MV Athens Bridge, which carried the nine Filipino seafarers infected with the so-called India variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has already departed last week for a travel to Vietnam, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Wednesday, May 19. PCG Commander Michael...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that it is currently monitoring the health condition of four Filipino crew members of MV Athens Bridge who were infected with the coronavirus variant first detected in India. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the four...
The government should tap more laboratories in order to boost the country’s efforts in detecting new variants of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious disease expert said Monday, May 17. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Rontgene Solante, the head of San Lazaro Hospital's...
