Song Joong-ki (Instagram) Korean actor Song Joong-ki is now under self-quarantine after his acquaintance tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As a result, the 35-year-old star of the drama “Vincenzo” stopped filming the movie “Bogota” as well as the entire...
A total of 68 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients have already been recruited to participate in a randomized controlled clinical trial on the efficacy and safety of tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hirta) extract as an adjunctive coronavirus treatment for mild to moderate cases. Tawa-tawa (Manila Bulletin...
Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson will star at a major concert in Central Park this summer to mark New York's emergence from the Covid-19 pandemic, officials announced Thursday. Mayor Bill de Blasio had last month announced the concert, set for August, billing it as a way to...
A police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte has died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the growing list of police personnel who succumbed to the respiratory ailment, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, July 2. Latest figures on the COVID-19 situation in the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said voters can vote with confidence in the May 2022 polls as voting centers are designed to be coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safe. Comelec/MB "We have designed our polling precincts precisely to be COVID safe which means we wil be prioritizing the use of...
It was a flight filled with pregnant women, one for the Guinness. The repatriation of distressed overseas Filipinos reached another milestone following the arrival of a chartered flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a total of 108 expectant mothers on board on Thursday, July 1. Some of...
Senator Joel Villanueva said Friday, July 2, urged the government to prepare the necessary funds and contingency measures to avert any possible effects of the eruption of Taal Volcano to the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines and the efforts to reopen the economy. Senator Joel...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Independent research group OCTA flagged four cities as "areas of concern" due to the increasing number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, as well as high incidence rate and hospital care utilization rate, during the June 25-July 1 period. OCTA identified Davao City, Iloilo...
The Philippine Pharma Procurement Inc. (PPPI), central procurement arm for all government agencies in the importation of drugs and medicines, has been absorbing huge losses in the past 14 years and was apparently untapped in the multi-billion importation of vaccines and vital pharmaceuticals needed...
DOH/MB The Philippines listed 6,192 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Friday, July 2. Based on the latest case bulletin, the country's running tally of cases stood at 1,424,518, of which, 55,482 or 3.9 percent were still active. Of the active cases, 91.5 percent of them were experiencing...
(OCTA RESEARCH) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila has increased by 5 percent this week, OCTA Research said in its latest monitoring report on Friday, July 2. Metro Manila had an average of 686 cases per day on June 25-July 1, which is 5 percent higher than the 654...
A medical worker administers a Sinovac vaccine during the "Bakuna by the Sea," a vaccination rollout program for the tourism industry workers in Davao City on June 30 to July 2. (Keith Bacongco) To ensure that the vaccine is properly administered, the Department of Health (DOH) said that local...
