EXO’s Xiumin (left) and musical actor Choi Jae-rim are positive for COVID-19 (Hadestown Korea) The opening of the Tony Award-winning musical “Hadestown” in Korea has been postponed after 23 actors and staff tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a notice issued on Aug. 10,...
Some social media users took to social media to express worry about the non-inclusion of the delivery of Russian vaccine Sputnik V this month, saying some of them have yet to receive their second dose. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov...
Mom recounts what happened for the whole month of July With COVID-19 still out there with different and more dangerous variants, and with findings that these latest variants can infect children as well, more and more individuals are coming out to share their personal experiences with the dreaded...
Senior citizens in Makati City receive their medicines right at their doorstep, and they are free! That’s how the local government unit (LGU) treats its seniors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photos courtesy of Bob Reyes and Makati City LGU) In a now-viral Facebook post by Robert “Bob” Reyes,...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Hospital intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy rates in nine cities in Luzon and Visayas have already reached "critical" levels due to rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, OCTA Research's latest monitoring report on Tuesday, Aug. 10, showed. The areas that...
Kids with underlying medical illnesses are "more vulnerable" to severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious disease expert said Tuesday, Aug. 10. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of the Philippines (PIDSP)...
The Muntinlupa City government placed a community in Barangay Tunasan under granular lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Mayor Jaime Fresnedi called for an emergency meeting and ordered to place Chico Street, Laguerta in Tunasan under a 15-day Extreme Localized Community...
CAVITE - The 1.5 million doses of Novavax procured by the provincial government will arrive by October, Governor Jonvic Remulla said on Tuesday (August 10). "Ang order natin na 1,500,000 doses ng Novavax ay na-move at maaaring dumating sa first week ng October (The arrival of the 1,500,000 doses of...
Ninety percent of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients at St. Lukes Medical Center (SLMC) are unvaccinated, its official said Tuesday, Aug. 10. St. Luke's Medical Center (Photo from SLMC) Speaking to ANC, SLMC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Benjamin Campomanes said about 90 percent of their patients have not...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Tuesday, August 10, that it has already vaccinated more than 320,000 individuals, therefore achieving population protection against COVID-19. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos said that 325,188 individuals have been...
AFP FILE/ Patrick T. FALLON / MANILA BULLETIN Adult members of the family should get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to protect children from the viral illness, the Pediatric Society of the Philippines (PPS) and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines...
All patients and their families in the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Dialysis Center located in Port Area, Manila are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 vaccination at the PRC Hemodialysis Center in Port Area, Manila (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) PRC made this...
