In a continued effort to vaccinate more people against Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, May 2, that they are discussing a possible move to put vaccination sites near polling precincts on election day on May 9. MB file photo "Pinag-uusapan itong paglalagay ng vaccination...
The reported increase in Covid-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) is not considered significant by the Department of Health (DOH) to cause alarm to the public. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a press briefing on Monday, May 2, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this...
Despite the “slight increase” in Metro Manila’s Covid-19 growth rate, a health reform advocate said that the occurrence of another Covid-19 surge before the May 2022 polls remains less likely. (Unsplash) Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF)...
Efficient, accurate, and reliable. In the league of air superiority, drones have once again exemplified its prowess not in the battlefield, but in the field of transportation through delivering life-saving interventions like vaccines and medicines, cutting travel time by more than half. Other than...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila had an uptick in Covid-19 cases as fresh cases increased by 7 percent over the past week, the OCTA Research said in its latest monitoring on Sunday, May 1. “The NCR (National Capital Region) had a one week growth rate of 7 percent as the seven-day average...
To give way to the upcoming national and local elections, all Covid-19 vaccination sites in Valenzuela City will be closed from May 8 to 10, the local government announced on Sunday, May 1. The new schedule for individuals who are supposed to get jabbed on May 8 will be on May 11, while those...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan will not act "as cruelly as China" in imposing lockdowns, its premier said Sunday, despite surging coronavirus infection numbers. The self-governing island recorded more than 10,000 new cases for the first time on Thursday, as the government moves from its zero-Covid...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.4 variant at the border amid 12,699 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday. A person who has traveled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the BA.4 variant of...
The City Health Office (CHO) of Antipolo City recorded zero new Covid-19 cases on the last day of the month, April 30. A woman administers a Covid-19 vaccine shot to a man in one of the vaccination sites in Antipolo City. (Photo courtesy of the Antipolo Gov't Facebook Page) This is consistent with...
Covid-positive voters who are in a queue at polling precincts are allowed to cast their vote on Election Day, May 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Sunday, May 1. (Polling Precinct/ MB FILE PHOTO) Poll Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said symptomatic voters will still be...
The Muntinlupa City government recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases for the month of April, a decrease by 45 percent from the previous month. Daily data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that Muntinlupa’s total confirmed Covid-19 cases rose from 39,906 on April 1 to 39,958 on April 30, or 52...
SINGAPORE, Singapore -- Singapore reported 2,141 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,197,908. Among the new cases, 2,083 were local transmissions and 58 were imported cases. Of the local cases, 269 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and...
