As the number of schools allowed to hold limited face-to-face classes gradually increases, the Department of Education (DepEd) has developed a Learning Recovery Plan Framework. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) In a virtual press briefing on Friday, March 11, DepEd Assistant Secretary for Curriculum...
A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP An infectious disease expert urged the government not to drop the mandatory wearing of face masks if it decides to place some areas...
CEBU CITY—More than 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine that have been allocated for Region 7 can no longer be used. The vaccine doses expired after they were not used within the prescribed period, said Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC). Loreche...
As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to decrease in the country, three of the nine barangays in Muntinlupa now have zero cases. Data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of March 10, Muntinlupa only has 22 active cases including four new Covid-19 cases, four recoveries and zero...
Noting that a lot of countries are now doing it, Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor is prodding the government to roll out a fourth dose or second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine to certain vulnerable sectors. Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor “The virus is still with us....
media Today, March 11, exactly two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID19 a global pandemic, airports and airlines called for the scrapping of all COVID19 restrictions in intra-European Union and Schengen area travel. Both ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) and...
Who should take the heat from the apparent non-usage of some P4.9 billion worth of financial aid that Congress had set aside last year for the Covid-19 pandemic-stricken tourism sector? Photo from LRay Villafuerte’s Facebook page) That's essentially what former deputy speaker, Camarines Sur 2nd...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) temporarily suspended its pediatric vaccination for kids aged five to 11 due to a lack of supply of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Pfizer is the only Covid-19 vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be used for the age group....
The government's pandemic task force has decided to place Iloilo City under Alert Level 1, joining 39 other areas in the same risk classification level until March 15, Malacañang announced. People go about their daily business at Plazoleta Gay in downtown Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin)...
SYDNEY, Australia - The Covid-19 cases continued to rise sharply in the state of Western Australia (WA) as health authorities said the peak of hospital cases is expected to come later this month. On Thursday, the state recorded 4,535 new cases in the 24 hours to 8:00 p.m. local time Wednesday...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 327,549 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday, raising the total number of infections to 5,539,650, the health authorities said Thursday. The daily caseload was slightly down from a record high of 342,438 in the previous day, but it stayed above...
A tourism worker gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at Imelda Park in Catbalogan City, Samar. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Sixty-four million Filipinos were already fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that the government...
