Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday warned that the Philippines will implement “hard, long and strict” quarantine requirements for those coming from India once the travel restriction is lifted to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant which is suspected to be the...
A lawmaker has proposed to mandate the Department of Health (DOH) to prioritize the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to third, fourth, fifth and sixth-class municipalities of the Philippines. A frontline health worker of Davao City receives the first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine at the COVID-19...
The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) on Tuesday, May 4, reiterated that quarantine measures alone such as enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) will not curb coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over...
OCTA Research on Tuesday, May 4, expressed hope that the slight easing of mobility restrictions in the NCR Plus areas will not cause a "spike" in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases noting that the downward trend remains "unstable." (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) This developed as...
The dose of Sinopharm vaccine administered to President Duterte was covered by the Compassionate Special Permit (CSP) granted for the doses of Chinese-made vaccine donated to the Presidential Security Group (PSG), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday, May 4. President Duterte...
President Duterte himself is afraid that he won’t last if he got infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), warning “hardheaded” Filipinos to stay at home amid the surge of cases. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) “Alam mo hindi ito biro. 'Pag tinamaan ka ng COVID, it's...
President Duterte wants Filipinos to think twice before lining up to community pantries, comparing it to a “wholesale” where one can get food items along with the coronavirus that has infected more than a million people since last year. Although he did not directly refer to the community...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. proposed to President Duterte on Monday night, May 3, a lower target in the national government's inoculation program in order for the country to achieve herd immunity by the end of 2021. Galvez, vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF)...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it will “act accordingly” on the distribution of the antiparasitic drug Ivermectin last week in Quezon City. DOH/MB "We will act accordingly, according to existing laws that we have, according to identified violations, according to accountable persons. That...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country continues to decrease. DOH/MB "We can see that the cases are decreasing," he said in a meeting with President Duterte Monday, May 3. Duque said after recording the highest number of cases the...
Six key factors will help the national government achieve its goal of herd immunity by the end of the year, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. bared late Monday night, May 3. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, Unity) This, as the...
The world is slowly opening up, but India’s is a grim reminder CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released an infographic outlining what activities could be done by vaccinated persons compared with non-vaccinated persons. One...
