The Department of Health (DOH) said that six passengers from India, who arrived in the Philippines before the imposition of the travel ban, have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (File photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the swab...
President Duterte urged the public to pray that the existing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variants will not get worse in fear that even a vaccine may not work on them anymore. President Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) Duterte made the statement days after the Philippines received...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) officially launched Wednesday, April 28, its newly developed enhanced nutribun carrot variant. Enhanced Nutribun Carrot Variant (Photo from the Facebook page of Department of Science and Technology-Food and...
The Department of Health (DOH) and Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) should create guidelines for an automatic travel ban to and from countries with high coronavirus (COVID-19) infections or new variants. This way, Senator Risa Hontiveros said, the Philippine government could thwart the potential...
Malacañang said the government is looking into banning travelers from India due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant that was first detected in the said country. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III said the UK variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been detected in the municipality. Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III (Isang Pateros / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook Live broadcast, Ponce said that according to the Department of Health (DOH), two residents...
Which are more infectious, and which are more resistant to vaccines? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Here we go again. With the recent increase in cases to over 3,000 new COVID-19 infections daily, we cannot help but feel a sense of déjà vu . This time last year, the unprecedented rise in new...
A pro-science consumer advocacy group wants government to seriously look into the potential of virgin coconut oil (VCO) as a weapon against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (DTI WEBSITE / FILE PHOTO) Angelo Palmones, president of the Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa...
San Juan City had an increase of 133 COVID-19 cases in a span of 10 days, Mayor Francis Zamora reported on Thursday (March 11). Mayor Francisco Zamora (Photo from Mayor Francisco Zamora Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Zamora, in an interview with ANC, said the increase in the number of active...
Barangay Baclaran in Parañaque City has closed some of its borders as it recorded its first case of the South African variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), barangay captain Jun Zaide said on Tuesday (March 8). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a radio interview on DZRH, Zaide said the bank...
The local government of Malabon City has reported a surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, including the more transmissible United Kingdom (U.K.) variant which was detected in a three-year-old boy and two senior citizens. Bong Padua, the city’s head of public information office, said...
One of the four cases of the South African variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has tested negative, Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said on Thursday. (MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual press briefing, Rubiano said that all four cases including those that they have infected according to...
