Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Individuals with comorbidities should also be given a second Covid-19 booster shot since they are also highly vulnerable to the viral disease, an infectious disease...
ILOILO CITY – Eight cases of the Covid-19 Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 have been recorded in Region 6 or the Western Visayas region. The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed five additional cases of the Omicron subvariant in the region Tuesday, May 31. Three of the five new cases are...
Education Secretary Leonor Briones commended this year’s graduates for having survived the school year amid the challenges in education brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Education Secretary Leonor Briones / DepEd / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “To the Class of 2022, resilience is in your...
The province of Rizal now has its own cold storage facility for different kinds of vaccines, the provincial government announced on Wednesday, June 1. Photo courtesy of the Lalawigan ng Rizal Facebook Page / MANILA BULLETIN The facility was provided to the provincial government of Rizal by the...
BUTUAN CITY – The regional office of the Department of Health (DOH Caraga Region 13) on Tuesday (May 31) reported 24 new cases of Covid-19 in Northeastern Mindanao or The Caraga region. It noted that the figure was from May 22 to May 28, with 6 deaths also registered, the DOH 13 said in a...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo’s Bayanihan E-Konsulta initiative concluded its service on Tuesday, May 31, with over 58,000 cases assisted over the past year. OVP’s Bayanihan E-Konsulta program (Photo from VP Leni Robredo via Twitter) According to Robredo, the free teleconsultation...
Kim Atienza was looking forward to attending his daughter's graduation, even going on to file a leave of absence from work. But he did not make it, having tested positive for COVID-19. "I took a leave for this day I was sooo looking forward to but covid took the better of me and I had to isolate at...
Five new cases of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 have been detected in Western Visayas Region, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Tuesday, May 31. Omicron variant of COVID-19 The health department said three of the five new cases are returning overseas Filipinos from the United States (US)....
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine Spikevax was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used for children six to 11 years old in the country. FDA Recently, the FDA amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) filed by Zuellig Pharma Corporation, through its commercialization...
CAVITE - Governor Jonvic Remulla reminded his constituents to follow the minimum health protocols amid the slight increase in Covid-19 cases mostly among the youth. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, May 31, Remulla said the slight increase in Covid-19 cases is not within "crisis level." "From five a...
CLINICAL MATTERS The Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t ended and now we are starting to see the emergence and re-emergence of new infectious disease threats. The most recent infection to capture the public’s attention is monkeypox. Monkeypox is not a new disease. It was first described in Africa as a...
More than 34,000 schools have been nominated to implement face-to-face classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, May 30, announced. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) Education Secretary Leonor Briones, during the Laging Handa public briefing, said that as of May 26, 34,238 schools have been...
