Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday called on the government to ensure there is sufficient supply of basic medicines in the market as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, made the call following reports of lack of availability of...
More or less 100 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are still in the government's stockpile and will be used to vaccinate some 28 million to 30 million Filipinos who remain unvaccinated. Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National...
Nearly 3,000 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have been recorded by the Valenzuela City Health Office’s City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The city currently has 2,996 active cases, compared to the 2,549 active cases recorded on Monday, Jan. 10. From...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday appealed to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the banking community to suspend the collection of fees on online money transfers while COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Gatchalian said it would also be better if financial institutions and companies...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C.Santos lamented the slow release of coronavirus tests conducted on returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who are currently staying in quarantine facilities. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (Manila Bulletin file photo) Santos, the vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’...
The Ospital ng Malabon (OSMAL) is now accepting outpatient cases and non-COVID-19 emergency cases. According to the Facebook post of the city government, it will also accept pregnant patients for 36 weeks and more age of gestation and may walk in every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. It...
The number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila with an estimated population of 70,000, has increased by 90 percent. Based on the latest tally by the Pateros municipal government, a total of 112 new COVID-19 cases were...
GENERAL TRIAS CITY, Cavite – The City Hall here will be temporarily closed from Jan. 12 to Jan. 14 after 105 employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Aside from the active COVID-19 cases, more than 300 close contacts have also been recorded from various offices. The...
CAVITE – Employees of the provincial government will be on a work-from-home arrangement starting Wednesday (Jan. 12) due to the overwhelming number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases recorded, the Provincial Information Office announced. The Provincial Health Office, meanwhile, as well...
Mayor Francisco “isko Moreno” Domagoso announced that Manila’s drive-thru booster vaccination program for motorcycle riders and cyclists will be extended to Wednesday, Jan. 12. During a nightly livestream update on Tuesday, Jan. 11, Domagoso announced the extension of the city’s drive-thru...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that higher education institutions (HEIs) located in areas under Alert Level 2 may start offering limited face-to-face classes for all degree programs as soon as they are ready. CHED / FB CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III, in CHED COVID-19 Advisory...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines protect people against the severe form of the viral illness. DOH...
