A subway staff member stands guard at the entrance of a closed subway station in the central business district in Beijing on May 4, 2022. Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on May 4, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people. Jade GAO...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano on Wednesday, May 4, called on immunocompromised individuals to get their second booster shot against Covid-19. Rubiano made her call after the City Health Office (CHO) reported that only 16 individuals have so far received the second booster shot of the...
Las Piñas Mayor Imelda Aguilar has announced that the city government is now accepting walk-ins for the second booster shot of immunocompromised individuals. Aguilar reminded those 18 years old and above who are immunocompromised individuals to bring their original vaccinations card that...
Less than a week before the 2022 elections, President Duterte urged the public to get their booster shots to protect themselves against Covid-19 when they cast their vote on May 9. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement amid projections of a surge in coronavirus cases...
A total of 15 foreign tourists who visited Palawan to explore Tubbataha Reef tested positive for Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday, May 3. Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (Photo courtesy of Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and World...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said Tuesday, May 3 that Filipinos should not be complacent even as local Covid-19 cases aren't rising to alarming levels compared to previous months or like what other countries are now experiencing. Addressing supporters gathered at the Mutual...
With less than a week to go before the May 9 elections, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. urged the unvaccinated voters to get inoculated and have their booster shots to keep the polls safe and free from Covid-19. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
A total of 1,481,683 individuals were inoculated with the vaccine against Covid-19 as the national government stepped up the drive through the house-to-house vaccination, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, May 2. In a briefing with...
Here are some reminders CLINICAL MATTERS With only one week left until the May 9 election, campaigns are in overdrive with their final pushes and rallies. While candidates look favorably upon huge crowds of people coming out to support them, healthcare workers look on in horror as people are packed...
In front of the top officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) learners in Camiguin shared their experiences with the distance learning setup in the last two years. (Photo from DepEd) During a press conference, DepEd Executive Committee (Execom) members initiated a discussion with the...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to place more areas under Alert Level 1 -- the least strict among all alert level classifications -- despite the threat of a surge in Covid-19 cases after the elections, Malacañang said on May 2. President Duterte meets key members of the...
New Covid-19 cases in the country are now lower than the numbers before the Omicron surge occurred, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, May 2. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Health Undersecretary...
