The Department of Education (DepEd) expressed full support to the scheduled rollout of the vaccination program for children aged five to 11 against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in February. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULETIN) “Nakaganda naman ng feedback lalo na sa mga magulang, mga local...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila is now under the “moderate” risk classification after a decreasing trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases was observed in recent days. “Moderate-risk na po ang NCR (National Capital Region) kahapon pa. Bumababa na po ng...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said around 700 minors belonging to the 5 to 11 age group will be vaccinated during the launching of “Bakuna Para sa YO (younger ones) on Feb. 4 at SM Sucat. Olivarez said the names and schedule of the 700 recipients were already posted in the Facebook page of...
The San Juan City local government announced that its active COVID-19 cases continue to drop amid the surge in COVID-19 infections in the country caused by the more transmissible Omicron and Delta variants. In an interview with ANC, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the city's active COVID-19...
Malacañang has urged financial and media company Bloomberg to look at a country's economic growth when measuring resilience as this was supposedly the best indicator of resilience amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from The Cabinet Secretariat...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to allow the entry to the Philippines of fully vaccinated travelers coming from non-visa-required countries starting February 10, Malacañang announced. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN In his press briefing on Friday, January 28, Cabinet Secretary Karlo...
Forget about the color-based risk classification of countries as far as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is concerned. The government's pandemic task force has temporarily suspended the classification of countries or territories as "green", "yellow", and "red", after it set new arrival protocols...
The Makati City local government announced on Friday, Jan. 28, that it has distributed a total of 31,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses as part of its "Sister Cities" program which aims to assist Makati's nearby localities in responding to various calamities and disasters. According to City Administrator...
Several airport personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were vaccinated with booster shot against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, Jan. 28. The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) starts the booster vaccination against COVID-19 of airport employees at Ninoy...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) New coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal are on a "downward trend," the OCTA Research Group said on Friday, Jan. 28. In an update via Twitter, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David noted that Rizal has improved to...
There are now at least 26 K-pop idols who have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last nine days as South Korea grapples to stem the surge in daily cases due to the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. On Jan. 27, Korean health authorities recorded 14,158 new...
Editorial The race to vaccinate all citizens of the world, from the oldest to the youngest, is on track. This is welcome news as the Department of Health (DOH) announced that minors, aged five to 11, will be vaccinated starting Feb. 4, 2022. The vaccine that will be used is the one manufactured by...
