Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has identified what he likes to call the "most remarkable feat" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in 2022, which covered the first six months of the latter's tenure in Malacañang. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and...
Department of Health The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will meet to discuss measures on how to deal with the resurgence of Covid-19 in China, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Dec. 30. DOH said the discussion will include border control measures for...
PARIS, France – The true global death toll of Covid-19 remains difficult to nail down three years after the first case was detected, though experts agree there have been far more fatalities than officially reported. Patient beds in Beijing stadium. China could see over 1 million Covid deaths...
Passengers walk at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong on December 28, 2022. (Philip FONG / AFP) SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travelers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing...
Department of Health The Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Dec. 30 that it is open to alternative measures if the state of calamity due to Covid-19 will not be extended in the country. “We have submitted our recommendations to the President. Pinag-aaralan na nila ito nang maigi (They are...
BEIJING, China – China has insisted the data it publishes on Covid-19 deaths has always been transparent, state media reported, despite the official figures being tiny compared with other countries and its hospitals overwhelmed with infections. A man receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Qingzhou,...
BEIJING, China – The United States joined nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases, but the EU's health agency said Thursday such measures weren't warranted in the bloc. A health worker takes a swab sample from a...
COVID-19 virus Covid-19 subvariant Omicron BN.1 has been detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday, Dec. 29. The DOH said that two cases have been found, based on the latest genome sequencing conducted by the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome...
After more than two years of strict pandemic rules, the Hong Kong government announced that all of its mandatory control measures for inbound travelers are lifted starting Thursday, Dec. 29. “The new measures mark a key milestone for tourism revival and the full reopening of the tourism doors of...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it will initially purchase a “minimal number” of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines. In a press briefing, DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria...
(File photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said there is no need yet to impose strict travel measures for travelers coming from China amid the increasing number of Covid-19 infections in the east asian country. “First, the DOH doesn't think that it is required or it is needed already that we...
PARIS, France - An explosion of Covid-19 cases in China as the country lifts its zero-Covid measures could create a "potential breeding ground" for new variants to emerge, health experts warn. China announced this week that incoming travelers would no longer have to quarantine from January 8, the...
