The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Jan. 19, welcomed the strong support and trust expressed by the Office of the President in the expansion of the limited face-to-face classes in basic education amid the pandemic. (PHOTO from DepEd) Issuing a statement, DepEd said that the high...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Tuesday, Jan. 18, said the city government will procure the antiviral drug Bexovid, the first generic version of Pfizer’s Paxlovid. Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a Facebook live, Domagoso said the Food...
“Hi Cips! Been wanting to be introduced to you all for two years now.” — COVID-19 This was the start of mom-of-two Chynna Ortaleza's Instagram post. The family got their RT-PCR results and they are all positive. "Everyone who knows us will attest to the defense that we put up against this...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Several highly urbanized cities (HUCs) outside the so-called National Capital Region (NCR) Plus--which is composed of Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Bulacan--have shown "very high" coronavirus disease (COVID-19) growth rates from Jan. 12 to 18, the independent...
A Palace official is supporting the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) call for private sector employers to give appropriate paid isolation and quarantine leaves for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-affected workers, but insists that it should be done voluntarily. (Shivendu Shukla/ Unsplash)...
The current surge in daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases has begun to affect the official duties of President Duterte. (Photos from Malacañang/ Unsplash) This was confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 18 by Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles after the President...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Jan. 18 that the certification for home-administered test kits may be issued within seven to 10 days. (Jansen Romero / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) On Monday night, Jan. 17, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that they will issue a special...
A total of seven pharmacies and private clinics will take part in the pilot implementation of the "Resbakuna sa Botika" drive, which aims to make booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) an easy proposition for Filipinos. (Hakan Nural/ Unsplash) “Malugod kong binabalita na...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Jan. 18 an additional 28,471 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the lowest number since the past week. (FILE PHOTO) The country's daily COVID-19 cases have not been lower than 30,000 since exactly one week ago on Jan. 11 with 28,007 new...
Another celebrity mom and her children come out free from COVID-19. Danica Pingris took to Instagram to update everyone that she is virus-free. "I tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago, two days after my booster shot." At first, she thought the symptoms were just the booster shot's side...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) wants to reposition the metrics used by the government in setting policy response to the pandemic, particularly the daily tracker of COVID-19 cases. Socioeconomic Planning Undersecretary Rosemarie G. Edillon said on Tuesday, Jan. 18, that...
The Quezon City local government announced on Tuesday, Jan. 18, that it will conduct free antigen testing in some barangays on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The tests will be conducted by the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) with the help of Team Aksyon Agad, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The...
