Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. lauded President Duterte's decision to extend the travel restrictions imposed on travelers from 10 countries until the end of the month, saying this was to curb coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Locsin made the...
Data source: Food and Drug Administration | Pubmat: Manila Bulletin Five months since the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive started, more than 24 million vaccine doses have already been administered. The Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination drive started last March 1,...
The Muntinlupa City government has placed two additional areas under lockdown due to the alarming rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Mayor Jaime Fresnedi ordered a 14-day Extreme Localized Community Quarantine (ELCQ) at Purok 3, Molera Compound in Brgy. Sucat and Purok 7, Beatriz...
The country's vaccine inventory got a much-needed boost with the delivery of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday afternoon, Aug. 13. Fifteen thousand doses of procured Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are delivered at...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stand that the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots is not yet officially recommended at this point. “Unang-una, kaya hindi pa mairekomenda ang booster doses, aside from equity of course as a major...
The Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) has failed to construct a hospital for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases despite receiving the funds for the project two years before the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic struck. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine This was...
(FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) The number of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily continue to rise as 13,177 new infections were reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 13. The fresh cases set the second-highest number of new cases reported in a...
Lung Center of the Philippines (FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) The Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) has dedicated 76 percent of its bed capacity for patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the continuous rise in the number of infections. LCP spokesperson Dr. Norberto...
The Commission on Audit's (COA) observations on the Department of Health's (DOH) disbursement of COVID-19 funds should prompt the "right people" to act, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday, August 13. Senate President Vicente Sotto III delivers a speech in the opening of the third...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 13, officially released the enrollment guidelines for the incoming school year amidst the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN Signed by Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the DepEd Order No. 32...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines increased by 31 percent in the past week amid the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant. “National cases saw an increase in the recent week,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria...
The government is seeking to fully vaccinate 50 percent of people in Metro Manila before the end of August, an official of the National Task Force against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) said Friday, Aug. 13. A vaccinator administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a passenger inside their vehicle...
