DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, July 17, said another 6,040 people were found positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was the first time that the country once again logged at least 6,000 cases in two weeks. The last time that the DOH announced more than 6,000 cases...
KIDS swim at the famous beach front in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination reopened to local tourists last October. (Tara Yap) The Department of Health (DOH) said a review should be conducted with regards to the government's policy on allowing children outdoors in...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Saturday, July 17, expressed confidence that her bailiwick Las Piñas City will soon be able to achieve herd immunity against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the number of inoculated residents in the city reached 41 percent of their population. (Courtesy of the...
COVID-19 VIRUS ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO The Department of Health (DOH) recorded two deaths among the 35 people who tested positive for the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus. "Dito sa Pilipinas, we have a total of 35 individuals detected with the Delta variant. Dalawa sa kanila ay namatay. Yung isa...
A Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games banner is displayed on the wall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on April 13, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Tokyo Olympics organizers revealed the first COVID-19 case in the Games Village on Saturday as they sought to reassure competitors...
Two health experts urged the national government to accelerate the vaccination drive as the Philippines recorded 16 new cases of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Of the 16 new cases, 11 were considered as local cases, which have been...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now coordinating with the National Task Force Against COVID-19 for any public safety adjustment amid the detection of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease in the country. But PNP chief Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar said the best...
The country received an additional 1.5 million doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech on Saturday morning, July 17. Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech delivers 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 jabs to the Philippines on July 17,...
The Manila city government will release the second dose vaccines from its own storage facility to be used as first dose starting on Monday (July 19) after two cases of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant were detected in the city. (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "We, the city...
House deputy speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Saturday, July 17, asked President Duterte to extend financial assistance of ₱6,000 to his constituents. House deputy speaker and Cayagan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez Rodriguez wrote a letter to the Chief...
The Philippines has sounded the alarm on the significant gap in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination in the world as 80 percent of the global vaccine supply went to high- and upper-middle-income countries. DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Marian Jocelyn T. Tirol-Ignacio delivers the Philippines’...
President Duterte said it was about time that the world thought of having internationally recognized vaccination certificates to restart economies that have reeled from the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte delivers his Intervention at the Asia-Pacific...
