SHANGHAI, China -- Shanghai reported 39 Covid deaths Sunday, official data showed, its highest daily toll since a weeks-long lockdown started, while China's capital Beijing warned of a "grim" situation with rising infections. The world's second-largest economy has been struggling to stamp out its...
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Department of Health (DOH) asserted that the projection of a possible surge in Covid-19 cases next month, if public compliance to health protocols decreases, is based on...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has maintained zero record of Covid-19 cases among its personnel and the persons deprived of liberty (PDL) under its custody. In a statement released on Sunday, April 24, the BJMP said its Directorate for Health Service has not recorded any Covid...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has observed an uptick in Covid-19 cases in 13 areas of the country. At present, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje noted that the said trend of Covid-19 cases in those areas is not yet considered as a "significant" increase. These areas include Ilocos Norte,...
PARIS, France -- Not even one in four people have completely recovered from Covid a full year after being hospitalised with the disease, a UK study indicated Sunday, warning that long Covid could become a common condition. The study involving more than 2,300 people also found that women were 33...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Ninety-three percent of the people in Cambodia, aged 3 years old and over, have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccines, Health Ministry's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said on Saturday. The southeast Asian nation launched a national vaccination...
NEW DELHI, India -- India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,054,952 on Saturday as 2,527 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry's latest data. This is the fourth consecutive day when the number of new cases has breached the 2,000-mark, after...
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga signed a decree on Friday ending the Covid-19 public health emergency, effective 30 days after its publication in the Official Gazette. In its decision to lift the emergency, which has been in force since February 2020, the Health...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday. A person who has traveled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the XE variant of Omicron, said the ministry. This is the...
If he would have his way, senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista would provide loan packages worth P100,000 to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that were battered by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. ( Tim Mossholder/ Unsplash) “But let’s not give aid without...
Neither calamities nor the Covid-19 pandemic can halt the conduct of the upcoming May 2022 elections, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared on Saturday, April 23. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said the poll body will ensure that all registered...
"Do it for the country." This was Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion's appeal to the public to get their booster shots against Covid-19, saying this is their duty to the country. MB UPLIFT's awardee for Public Service, Presidential Adviser & GoNegosyo Founder Joey...
