Hot air balloons are seen during an event to celebrate the National Tourism Year 2022 in Quang Nam province, Vietnam, March 25, 2022. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua) HANOI, Vietnam -- With proactive and continuous efforts, Vietnam is stepping up the resumption of international tourism while flexibly...
PARIS, France -- People with the "hybrid immunity" of having been both fully vaccinated and previously infected with Covid-19 have the strongest protection against the virus, two new studies said on Friday. After two years of a pandemic that has seen nearly 500 million people infected and billions...
A deputy speaker in the House of Representatives has underscored the need to institutionalize medical aid for indigent patients confined in private hospitals. (Martha Dominguez de Gouveia/ Unsplash) “Ang concept ko kasi rito (My concept here) is we have a very efficient medical assistance program...
To guide schools in addressing learning gaps due to pandemic-related disruptions, the Department of Education (DepEd) is developing a learning recovery plan framework. Photo taken at Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, Davao del Norte in June 2021. (DepEd Philippines Facebook page) “As...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to place the National Capital Region (NCR) and 198 other areas under Alert Level 1 from April 1 to 15, 2022, Malacañang announced on Thursday, March 31. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said...
SYDNEY, Australia -- As the highly contagious Omicron BA.2 sub-variant continues to spread and Australia heads into winter, the deaths related to the virus have begun to mount. The nation's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), recorded 22,107 new cases on Thursday and 17 deaths, the highest...
SHANGHAI, China -- Shanghai will launch a nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting Friday amid the second phase of the city's closed-off management, an official told a press conference on Thursday. Medical workers take swab samples from residents for nucleic acid...
Eight out of the 16 barangays in Paranaque City are now free of Covid-19, the city government announced Thursday. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) and the City Health Office (CHO) reported that the Covid-19 count in the city is now declining with only 15...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said that the government should start requiring booster cards by June this year, noting the waning immunity of those who have yet to get their additional dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go...
Despite the developing Covid-19 situation in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) has urged everyone not to be complacent and follow the guidelines and minimum health and safety standards issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH). (ALI VICOY / FILE...
CEBU CITY—The city of Lapu-Lapu has been reduced to Alert Level 1. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of Health-Central Visayas, said the city’s appeal for de-escalation of its alert level status was approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force following the reconciliation of...
The Department of Health (DOH) is currently finding ways to increase the country's booster shot coverage against Covid-19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said some Filipinos think that having the primary vaccination...
