The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) urged the public on Friday, March 25 to get tested regularly for early detection to prevent transmission and to also get vaccinated or receive booster shots for added protection. Students, faculty and non-teaching staff of the University of the East Manila campus in...
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the amendments to the guidelines on the implementation of Covid-19 Alert Level 1, Malacañang announced. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government is set to conduct special Covid-19 vaccination days on March 29 to April 1 in some areas in a bid to further increase the country's vaccine coverage....
K-pop idol and actor Cha Eun-woo and two members of boy band Stray Kids have recovered from Covid-19 while additional stars have tested positive for the virus. In a notice on March 25, Fantagio, the agency of K-pop boy band ASTRO, said Cha Eun-woo has been released from isolation as he met the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that hospital admissions due to Covid-19 in the country continue to drop as the number of cases remains low. "Nananatili po tayo na nasa low risk sa ating total bed utilization na nasa (We remain at low risk with our total bed utilization at) 17 percent,"...
(AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) There were 8.9 million children aged 12 to 17 years old in the Philippines who have already completed their Covid-19 primary vaccination series, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, March 25. The data was as of March 24, said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia is offering a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccines to over 65s from next month, federal health authorities announced Friday, as a new Omicron strain races through the population. The top advisory group on vaccines approved the fourth shot for vulnerable groups: those aged...
Starting next month, the Philippines will be allowing the entry of fully vaccinated foreign nationals from any country without the need for an Entry Exemption Document, Malacañang said. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Communications Undersecretary Kris Ablan made this announcement after the country...
For a month now, all the 846 Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel assigned at international airports nationwide are free of the Covid-19 virus. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI port operations division (POD) chief Carlos Capulong said that there...
SHANGHAI, China – A top doctor in China's pandemic fight who came under pressure last year for questioning the country’s zero-Covid policy has called again for balancing anti-virus measures with maintenance of normal life as China struggles with an Omicron surge. Shanghai infectious disease...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is sounding the alarm over the slow booster uptake in the Philippines and the approaching expiry of Covid-19 vaccines in the country's inventory. Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (PTV-4...
(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children six to 17-years-old, health experts said on Thursday, March 24. The two doses of the said vaccine was found to be safe for children "with only mild and transient local and systemic side...
