The country's health frontliners will be receiving their benefits as soon as possible. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to prioritize the release of benefits due to the country's health workers if there is enough...
The municipal government of Angono, Rizal reported two cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Vaccination at SM Center-Angono from Jeri Mae Calderon’s Facebook page) In her virtual message through Facebook live, Angono Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon said one of the two Delta variant cases is a 25-year...
CAVITE - Governor Jonvic Remulla appealed anew to the Department of Health (DOH) to send more vaccines to Region 4-A local government units (LGU) amid the surging pandemic. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (August 17), Remulla attached a graphic illustration showing the disparity between the total...
President Duterte renewed his call for Filipinos to get their COVID-19 jabs, saying that the coronavirus might be here to stay “for years.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public address to the nation on August 16, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) The Chief Executive urged the public to...
If Health Secretary Francisco Duque III files his resignation, which many are now calling for because of the latest Commission on Audit (COA) report, President Duterte will outrightly reject it, coming to the defense once more of the embattled health chief. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the...
President Duterte said that it is “impossible” to steal P67.3 billion as he defended the Department of Health (DOH) after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged “deficiencies” in the agency’s handling of the COVID-19 funds. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the...
Elimination of COVID-19 is no longer possible CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on toward the second half of 2021, one thing is becoming clear. There is only one acceptable long-term solution to living with COVID-19. That solution is widespread...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) said Monday, Aug. 16, that it has yet to determine whether or not the Lambda variant of the coronavirus is vaccine-resistant. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) VEP chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani said they will look into reports that the Lambda variant could be...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) has maintained that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that are available in the Philippines provide protection against the coronavirus variants, including the Lambda variant, which was detected in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Yung mga...
But she didn't give up and gathered the courage to fight the virus An OB-Gyne for more than a decade, 40-year-old Christine Therese Enriquez Macaraeg was preparing for her diplomate examination when COVID-19 infected her. "I don't have any idea where I got it. I've been at home for almost two...
Principal IV Leo Cabaruan and teacher Kemmy Olfindo prepare the enrollment dropboxes at the Sta. Ana Elementary School in Manila on August 16, 2021. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) As the country prepares for the opening of a new school year amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the...
A total of 27,806,881 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been administered as of August 15, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. DOH/MB The DOH said this was regardless of whether it was the first or second dose, or a single-dose vaccine. Of the above-mentioned doses,...
