The average coronavirus vaccination in Metro Manila has reached 231,000 jabs per day, according to an official of the government’s task force against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A vaccinator administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a passenger inside their vehicle during the opening of the...
A 99-year-old Muntinlupa resident got his COVID-19 vaccine Thursday and said he did not experience any adverse effects. Romeo “Lolo Bob” Javier, a resident of Alabang Hills Village, was administered the Moderna brand through Muntinlupa’s drive-thru vaccination program at Festival Mall upper...
Three policemen were found to be infected with the feared Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the Philippine National Police (PNP) grapples with findings that 90 percent of its casualties were unvaccinated frontliners, a ranking official confirmed Friday, Aug. 13. (File photo of...
The Quezon City government has expanded the capacity of its HOPE community caring facilities amid the rising number of children who have tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Esperanza Arias, head of the city's health department, said on Friday the local government already procured additional beds,...
The Quezon City General Hospital and Medical Center (QCGHMC) will convert its chapel into an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to the increasing number of COVID-19 severe cases.
According to QCGMHC Director Dr. Josephine Sabando, the converted chapel can accommodate 21 ICU beds.
“Our COVID-19...
Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila that have finished inoculating their target population from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should accept and accommodate unvaccinated individuals from other LGUs in the metropolis. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (2nd from left, standing) oversees the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 19, said that it has “nearly completed” the delivery of procured sim cards with connectivity load to field offices. Photo from DepEd “With the support from President Duterte and our lawmakers, we were able to distribute these sim cards with...
The number of children infected with COVID-19 in Quezon City has almost quadrupled in just a month after 318 minors were reported to have caught the disease from August 1 to 7. Data from the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) showed that 169 children aged 0 to 11 were infected...
Four nuns from a Carmelite convent in Iloilo City died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in less than two weeks. Manila Bulletin File Photo According to CBCP News, the first nun died on July 31 and another one succumbed to the disease on August 3. Local authorities reported the two other...
A total of 578,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to the Philippines on Friday morning, Aug. 13. (Photo from MIAA) (Photo from MIAA) The British-Swedish vaccines arrived at 9:35 a.m. via a China Airlines flight at Terminal 1 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay...
The national government is eyeing to fully vaccinate 27 million Filipinos against the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the end of this month, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed Friday, Aug. 13. A total of 575,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive at Ninoy Aquino International...
She would have been 38 years old this August 28 and given birth to her third baby this October. Dr. Anne Mimay-Magkasi, an OB-Gyne Diosdado P. Macapagal Memorial Hospital in Pampanga, and was pregnant with her baby boy when COVID-19 took her life. This 37-year-old doctor was working round the...
