Please don't get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news or updates from "Marites". (Ben White/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this appeal Tuesday, Jan. 25 as he--for the nth time--tried to dispell misleading information about COVID-19 that's being...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has made an aggressive pitch for the government to return to "pre-Omicron" protocols, especially when it comes to arriving international travelers. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “We should revert back to...
The Las Piñas City government has already vaccinated a total of 46,827 minors aged 12 to 17. Citing the data of the City Health Office (CHO), Mayor Imelda Aguilar said out of the total number of fully vaccinated minors, 2,576 belong to A3 category (with comorbidities) while 44,251 are physically...
The Quezon City government has allowed walk-in COVID-19 vaccination at the malls in the city. According to the Facebook post of the city government, individuals may go to the QC ProtekTODO booths inside the malls, where they will be given a walk-in stub which indicates the time of their...
Over 700,000 doses of “pediatric” Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are set to arrive on Jan. 31, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The delivery of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 17,677 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Jan. 25. DOH/MB According to the agency, all labs were operational on January 23, 2022. However, 6 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). "Based on...
Health experts urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to conduct a COVID-19 vaccination day solely for kids amid the recent spike of infections in the country. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a webinar titled...
The single-shot Sputnik Light coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is a "good candidate" as a booster shot, members of the Vaccine Expert Panel said Tuesday, Jan. 25. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) "Sputnik Light is a good candidate for boosting vaccine. So after initial vaccination or...
There is no evidence that the Omicron subvariant could evade protection given by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, an infectious disease expert said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Dr. Edsel Salvana explained that the Omicron subvariant BA.2, nicknamed the "stealth...
More Filipinos are now willing to get the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and this made vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. happy. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends the "Talk to the People" pre-recorded public address of President Duterte which was aired on Jan. 24, 2022....
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Jan. 25 that the Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 also known as "stealth Omicron" has been detected in the country. Omicron variant of COVID-19 In a press briefing, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire shared that the globally-prevalent BA.1 was also...
The vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) of children aged five to 11 years old will officially kick off on February 4. The national government launches the COVID-19 vaccination of the general pediatric sector at a mall in Parañaque City on Nov. 3, 2021. (Photo: NTF Against...
