DOH/MB The country logged 5,908 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, July 3, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,430,419. Of the total, 53,665 are active cases, wherein 91.2 percent have mild symptoms, 3.8 percent are asymptomatic, 1.4 percent are critical, two percent are in severe condition, and 1.51...
PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Eligible individuals should participate in the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). CBCP Vice President and Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David encouraged the...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) asked the public not to entertain people who are offering to sell coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. "Ang tanging paalala lang natin sa ating mga kababayan, huwag kayong mag entertain ng mga nagbebenta sa inyo (We are reminding our...
As the Philippines observes the National Disaster Resilence Month, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, July 3, stressed the need to strengthen the education sector's capacity to deliver education even in times emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a...
A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, April 24, 2020. (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country's coronavirus disease...
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco has warned his constituents against the sudden unexpected rise in the city's new COVID-19 cases. Tiangco reminded the city residents not to let their guards down against the pandemic following an alarming new COVID-19 infections reported for the past several days....
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has condemned in the strongest terms the reported illegal selling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines which could place the country's immunization program in jeopardy. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's "Talk to the Nation" address on May...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Friday that the city government launched its new IT system integrating all city health centers' medical records into one database. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto Facebook) The improvement aims to ease the burden of manually searching the medical records of any...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 3, police commanders in Batangas to set up Police Assistance Desks in the evacuation centers for Taal Volcano evacuees to ensure security and health safety amid the threat of the coronavirus...
(BluePrint.PH) Filipinos are reacting more positively to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines after the government started its vaccination rollout, as shown in Facebook posts reflecting "love" reactions in June 2021. Based on a big data analysis conducted by data analysis and public relations...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s Swab Cab, a mobile antigen testing program, has arrived in her hometown of Naga City to help its local government unit to curb rising coronavirus cases. Vice President Leni Robredo’s Swab Cab project arrives in Naga City. (VP Leni Robredo/Facebook) On her personal...
The threat posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become an additional burden to thousands of people in Batangas who fled their homes following the phreatomagmatic (magma and steam-driven) eruption of Taal Volcano. Residents of Laurel, Batangas seek temporary shelter at Ticub...
