Malacañang said it is waiting for the Department of Health's (DOH) comment on whether or not to keep the policy requiring the public to wear face masks amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Passers-by walk in front of a tarpaulin with images of frontliners wearing face mask at Eastwood City in Pasig on...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval on Tuesday, Aug. 30, urged city residents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). "Anumang bakuna laban sa Covid-19 ay napatunayang ligtas, mabisa, at tunay na magbibigay proteksyon hindi lang sa ating sarili, kung 'di sa ating pamilya at...
A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP The Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,672 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The number of active Covid-19 cases went down...
BEIJING, China -- Millions of people in areas surrounding China's capital were ordered into lockdown Tuesday, with authorities doubling down on efforts to contain Covid-19 ahead of a key ruling Communist Party meeting this year. Nearly four million people in Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing,...
As far as Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin is concerned, Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge (OIC) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire is well-equipped to respond to the current challenges of the agency. Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (left), DOH Undersecretary Maria...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed its “full” support to the decision of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to remove the vaccination requirement for tertiary students and personnel who will participate in face-to-face classes. In a statement, the DOH said that the CHED...
Score one for the anti-vaxxers. Iloilo City 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) That's how Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin described on Tuesday, Aug. 30 the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd)'s announcement would no longer require students and personnel of...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila decreased by 19 percent as compared to the number reported during the previous week, according to the latest monitoring of the OCTA Research Group. In an update shared on Twitter, OCTA...
The pandemic has produced modern-day heroes in the form of frontliners, those who have sacrificed time, comfort, and even their health to be of service to others. At the height of the Covid crisis, medical frontliners were literally in front of the battle. While the rest of the population stayed...
An infectious disease expert agreed on Monday, Aug. 29 with the Department of Health's (DOH) projection that the country could record more than 9,000 Covid-19 cases daily by the end of September. Dr. Rontgene M. Solante (Screenshot taken from the Facebook Live of ‘Laging Handa’) Dr. Rontgene...
BAGUIO CITY – The Summer Capital is still classified as ‘low risk’ in terms of Covid-19 infections, but Mayor Benjamin Magalong is expecting an increase in active cases in the coming weeks due to face-to-face classes. Magalong reiterated his earlier warning that an increase in Covid-19 cases...
DAVAO CITY – The city government will no longer resort to putting establishments under lockdown to control the transmission of infections in the event of another Covid-19 surge, an official of the Davao City Task Force on Covid-19 said. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, task force spokesperson, reiterated...
