K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s Jisung has tested positive for Covid-19 amid the decline in the number of new daily cases in South Korea. “NCT's Jisung was diagnosed with Covid-19 on the afternoon of the 29th (April 29),” announced SM Entertainment on April 30. NCT Dream's Jisung (Jonathan Hicap)...
Following the waning number of Covid-19 cases in Manila, the city health office logged a zero occupancy rate in their quarantine facilities as of Friday, April 29. In his Capital Report on Friday, Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, said all beds in the quarantine facilities are...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday commended President Duterte for signing into law Republic Act No. 11712 or the Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act saying it would provide continuing support to the country’s health care workers amid the ongoing...
Voters with Covid-19 symptoms may still cast their votes in the May 9 polls, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya assured Friday, April 29. Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya / DILG photo He stressed that a new normal committee formed by the Commission...
Despite the fear of a surge in coronavirus infections next month and an Omicron subvariant entering the country, the government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) and many other areas in the Philippines under Alert Level 1, Malacañang announced. (JANSEN...
Those experiencing Covid-19 symptoms have been repeatedly advised by the Department of Health (DOH) stay at home and isolate themselves on election day. But according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), as long as they have not undergone any tests to show that they have been infected by the...
The Muntinlupa City government reminded the public to follow health protocols and get vaccinated after the Department of Health (DOH) announced the detection in the country of the first case of the more contagious BA.2.12 Omicron sub-variant. According to the City Health Office, it will continue to...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila shifted from "very low" to “low risk” for Covid-19 infections following a slight increase in its reproduction number, the independent research group OCTA said. In an update shared on Twitter on Thursday, April 28, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the proposal to accept and recognize the Covid-19 vaccine certificates of Lao PDR and Rwanda as sufficient proof of vaccination for several purposes, including entry to the country. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US biotech firm Moderna said Thursday it had submitted a request for an emergency use authorization in the United States for its Covid vaccine for children aged six months to under six years. Very young children are the only group that are yet to be eligible for the...
We are entering the last few days of the campaign season, and soon, 65-million-plus registered voters will cast their votes on May 9, 2022. From today until election day, crowds will be thicker with different campaign sorties of national and local candidates. All these activities will culminate in...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- More than half of Americans have been infected with Covid-19 at least once, according to a study recently released by the U.S. medical authority. Some 58 percent of the overall U.S. population and more than 75 percent of younger children have been infected with the virus...
