The country registered the lowest rate in terms of its daily new confirmed Covid-19 cases per million people among five of its Southeast Asian neighbors, the Department of Health said on Monday, March 7. SHAH ALAM, Feb. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man for...
More than a month after battling the Covid-19 variant Omicron, the country has returned to minimal risk-case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, March 7. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during the President's late...
Health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon expressed his disfavor following the Department of Health’s (DOH) decision to release a “weekly” Covid-19 case bulletin in contrast to its usual daily case reports....
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,297 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, March 7, the first day of its implementation of its weekly case bulletin. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the...
HAVANA, Cuba -- The number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths in Cuba has continued to fall in the past week as more than half of the country's population has received an additional Covid-19 vaccine dose. It comes as the Caribbean nation on Sunday registered 482 coronavirus cases and one more...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) A fellow of the OCTA Research Group on Monday, March 7, said the decline in new Covid-19 cases in the country has slowed down but that cases could still drop to around 300 to 500 per day by the end of the month. "Patuloy pa rin nating nakikita na bumababa iyong...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano encouraged city residents set to receive their booster shots to visit health centers near their residence and get the jab against COVID-19. Rubiano said 13 health centers in the city are ready to administer booster shots to those who are scheduled to receive...
The Muntinlupa City government has fully vaccinated nearly 39,000 minors aged five to 17 years old in the city. Data from the City Health Office showed that as of March 5, 35,981 minors aged 12 to 17 years old have received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while there are 2,507 kids aged...
A group of teachers and education workers urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to issue a clarification regarding numerous reports requiring teachers to report to schools. (DepEd / file photo) In a letter dated Monday, March 7, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines wrote to...
Nearly two years since schools were prohibited from holding face-to-face activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) expressed optimism that the conduct of limited physical end-of-school-year rites (EOSY) will be allowed this school year. (DepEd file photo) DepEd,...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Four highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) in Luzon are currently at "very low risk" status for Covid-19, the independent research group OCTA said on Monday, March 7. Based on the update shared by OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David on Twitter, the cities of Angeles, Dagupan, Lucena,...
ILOILO CITY—The World Health Organization (WHO Philippines) is urging the provincial government of Iloilo to push the COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly. This, after WHO Philippines ranked Iloilo province eighth with the most number of unvaccinated senior citizens at more than 71,000. Iloilo...
