The government is prepared to recalibrate the country's health protocols as more people get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to President Duterte. President Duterte (File photo:Malacañang) The President assured that the nation could live with the virus with "minimal...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Wednesday, July 28, raised alarm over the possibility that less Filipino voters will participate in the 2022 elections due to the prevailing threat of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri...
The Delta variant of the COVID-19 has been detected in Malabon City. The local government on Wednesday made the announcement, citing information from the Department of Health (DOH). "Our City Health Office and other concerned offices are working 24/7 to manage the increase in cases," Mayor Lenlen...
Senior citizens in District 2 of Quezon City were inoculated with Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) Janssen vaccine in a one-day rollout on Wednesday, July 28. Mayor Joy Belmonte said District 2 is the most densely populated area in the city and its senior citizens must be prioritized in the...
DOH/MB The Philippines tallied 4,478 more cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), pushing the total tally of confirmed infections to 1,566,667. Of the total, 54,552 are active cases or those who are still being treated, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest case bulletin. Ninety-three...
A proposed two-week lockdown may be needed to ensure public health before the cases of Delta coronavirus variant escalate further. Manila residents line up to get a second dose of coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site located inside a shopping mall on July 13, 2021. (Malacañang) The proposed...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Wednesday, July 28, that all senior citizens in Barangay Namayan have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) The milestone was achieved after the city inoculated 70 percent of the barangay's total...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday, July 28, thumbed down an interagency task force's call for the Senate to act on the resolution seeking economic amendments to the Constitution. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) The Interagency Task Force on Federalism and...
The Philippines has surpassed its highest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations in a single day after administering over 659,000 jabs. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon said Wednesday, July 28, that the...
If there is an emerging consensus among scientists and health experts on going into a pre-emptive lockdown, the Duterte government should listen and act decisively, senators said on Wednesday. "First, government should listen to scientists, the ones who matter. Join them in making the prescription....
(Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP / FILE PHOTO) OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said that hospitals in Metro Manila may reach their full capacity by the middle of August if the government does not implement stricter quarantine measures amid the detection of the Delta variant of...
BACOOR, Cavite - Eight close contacts of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant patient in Addas 2C in Barangay Molino II tested positive for the virus, Mayor Lani M. Revilla said on Wednesday (July 28). "Yung unang kaso sa Addas 2C, we quarantined all of them, we placed them in a...
