Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported the country's first cases of Covid-19 omicron subvariants XBB.1.5 and CH.1.1. Three cases of CH.1.1 and one case of XBB.1.5 were found, based on the latest result of genome sequencing conducted by the Philippine Genome...
Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 at a time when Metro Manila was under alert level 3. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Filipinos were reminded of the importance of continued vigilance amid the low number of new Covid-19 cases in the country. Right now, the country is...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines is expected to receive additional 300,000 bivalent Covid-19 vaccines soon, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario...
Despite its decision to no longer buy bivalent vaccines against Covid-19, the private sector will continue to press for pharmaceutical companies to apply for a Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) to make the vaccines available to the public. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The country logged 128 more Covid-19 infections on Saturday, Feb. 4, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Active cases or patients still receiving treatment or under isolation were at 9,520, the latest data of DOH showed. Metro Manila remained as the region...
A metaphor for human greed and self-destruction Zombies are no horror genre, they’re a social commentary, maybe a study of hunger or greed. Food is an underlying, if not a central, theme to any zombie story. Like a shadow, it follows every character or, to be more precise, every character follows...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN A total of 613 new cases of Omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus were detected, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The DOH said that 694 positive samples underwent genome sequencing that was conducted by the University of the Philippines – Philippine...
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion voiced his support to the decision of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to no longer extend the country’s state of public health emergency and instead urged the government to focus on the procurement of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines and making them...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Health workers, senior citizens, and individuals with comorbidities are first in line to receive the bivalent Covid-19 vaccines once these become available in the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. revealed that he had ordered health officials to ensure that health workers will still receive their Covid-19 allowances despite the expiration of the state of calamity in the country due to the pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Marcos said this in...
Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City on the first day of school opening on August 22, 2022. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) There is no observed increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in schools— five months since the resumption of classes, the Department of Health...
Teenage pregnancy in the Philippines has gone down in 2022 and the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is ecstatic of the downtrend as it would mean that the young generation of women would be able to fulfill its dream that would eventually result in the gradual addressing of the...
