WASHINGTON, United States -- American biotechnology company Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine showed promise in a lab setting against coronavirus variants, including the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India. The results came from vitro neutralization studies of sera...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The COVID-19 vaccination in the United States is slowing down while the highly transmissible Delta variant has spread to nearly every state, fueling experts' fear about potential COVID-19 spikes. The 7-day average number of administered COVID-19 vaccine doses per day...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The number of Canadians who died from the COVID-19 pandemic is likely double the official numbers, according to an investigative report published by the Royal Society of Canada on Tuesday. Canada has reported a cumulative total of 1,414,158 COVID-19 cases, including 26,238 deaths....
Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The efficacy of the Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will not be affected even if the administration of the second dose will be delayed, a member of the Vaccine Experts Panel (VEP) said on Tuesday, June 29. “Alam natin na...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, June 29, reported 4,479 new COVID-19 cases nationwide. The new cases pushed the country's overall tally to 1,408,058 of which, 3.6 percent or 50,037 are patients still being treated. Of the active cases, 90.4 percent of them are experiencing mild...
Fully vaccinated travelers from the Philippines will still be required to undergo 14-day quarantine when they arrive in South Korea due to concerns about the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Korea’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced Tuesday that...
2021 Liveable Cities Lab and Globe Resilient Health Systems panelists Information and communications technology (ICT) plays a crucial role in fighting COVID-19 in the country. By leveraging ICT, local government units (LGUs), and national agencies are able to give Filipinos access to healthcare,...
Malacañang announced on Tuesday, June 29, its newest initiative, the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) 2021-2022, to improve access to employment and training opportunities and respond to the challenges in the labor market in the new normal. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that...
(PIXABAY) Independent research group OCTA reiterated its call to the national and local governments, as well as the private sector and communities, to prepare for the possible impact of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the country. The Delta variant has...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged the government to prioritize the procurement and use of vaccines that have high levels of efficacy now that the country has more access to different brands of vaccines. Drilon lamented that Filipinos are being short-changed when it comes to...
The vaccine recipient in the viral video had asked the local government unit (LGU) of Makati City not to give the volunteer nurse severe punishment for not being able to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Abigail "Abby" Binay said on Tuesday (June 29). The mayor said that the nurse and the...
Department of Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega on Tuesday, June 29, said no local cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant have been detected in the country so far. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Vega said all 17 cases of Delta variant reported in the country were...
