Senators on Wednesday, July 21 urged the government to put in place stricter mechanisms anew to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) cases of the more infectious Delta variant in the Philippines from rising to dangerous levels and put the country’s health system and economy at risk once again....
A total of 562,770 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines purchased by the national government will arrive tonight, Wednesday, July 21. (Photo from PNA) The doses are expected to arrive at 9:20 p.m. at Ninoy Aquino Internatiinal Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 aboard a DHL...
This picture shows used vials of the BioNtech Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination of seafarers at a stadium in Manila on July 15, 2021. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP) The country's health experts are still not yet recommending the use of booster shots for those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus...
Congressmen and health experts moved on Wednesday, July 21 to ask the Supreme Court to step into the Ivermectin controversy as they stressed that the medicine could help address the grave threat brought by the Delta variant to public health. Ivermectin2 However, bad weather prevented the...
Malacañang said the government's coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic task force will soon meet to discuss the suggestion of local chief executives to suspend its policy that allowed kids aged five and up to leave their homes. President Duterte presides over a meeting with core members of the...
An infectious disease expert on Wednesday, July 21, said the Delta variant is 97 percent transmissible than the original lineage. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) During a virtual Palace briefing, Dr. Rontgene Solante, who heads the adult infectious diseases unit at San Lazaro hospital in Manila, said the...
A public health expert appealed to the national government to focus on contact tracing, amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Delta COVID-19 variant is reported to be around 40 to 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant first...
(PIXABAY) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reproduction number in Metro Manila has increased to 1.08, based on OCTA Research's latest monitoring report released on Wednesday, July 21. The reproduction number provides the average number of secondary infections by each infected individual. The...
More than 5 million Filipinos have received two-dose vaccination against the coronavirus disease so far as the government continued to ramp up its inoculation efforts. A senior citizen receives a single-shot Johnson & Jonhson Janssen coronavirus vaccine at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in...
"Better be safe than sorry," Manila Mayor Isko Moreno agrees. In Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's Facebook live update last July 20, he shared that the Metro Manila mayors had a meeting with the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) In that meeting, they voted for children...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said he supports the unanimous decisiion of Metro Manila mayors for the temporary suspension of the government’s policy allowing minors from five to 17 years old to go to outdoor areas due to the emerging threat of the highly contagious Delta variant....
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Wednesday, July 21, again called on Filipinos to remain vigilant and strictly comply with health and safety protocols in the wake of the Delta variant of COVID-19. In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police...
