In support of the Philippines’ COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) response, the United States Embassy in Manila has turned over 420 intensive care unit (ICU) beds worth P23.9 million ($498,000) to the Department of Health (DOH). United States Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law (L) and Health...
President Duterte has approved placing the National Capital Region (NCR) back to the normal general community quarantine (GCQ) until the end of the month, along with 29 other areas in the country as their existing coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine classification expired on July 15. In a video...
In line with its efforts to ramp up its vaccination activities, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) opened its first “Bakuna” Center in Mindanao. The Philippine Red Cross opens its first 'Bakuna' Center in Mindanao (Photo from PH Red Cross) The PRC confirmed this in a statement issued Thursday, July...
DOH/MB The country recorded 5,221 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, raising the nationwide tally to 1,490,665 the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday, July 15. Of the total, 45,495 are active cases or still undergoing treatment. The DOH said 91.4 percent were experiencing mild...
President Duterte will soon appear in a new public service advertisement encouraging people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Duterte receives his second dose of Sinopharm vaccine on July 12, 2021. (Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque,...
In this file photo, a health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a Los Angeles County mobile vaccination clinic on May 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN An official of the Department of Health (DOH) said that two doses...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso highlighted the developments in the city made amid the COVID-19 pandemic in his third State of the City Address on July 15, Thursday. In his almost two-hour report, Domagoso listed the efforts done by the local government to fight COVID-19, as well...
Malacañang said the Philippines was not late in imposing restrictions on travelers coming from Indonesia, citing the small number of travelers entering the country from Indonesia over the past four months. File photo (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The Pasig City local government together with other government officials inaugurated on Wednesday, July 14, its COVID-19 step-down care facility for COVID-19 patients who are scheduled to be discharged. (Photo from Pasig PIO) Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said that the facility will serve as a...
The Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) team on Thursday suspended the second dose vaccination using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after it was found out there was a change in temperature during its storage that could have affected its quality. In an announcement, MunCoVac said...
A Manila-based Chinese Catholic priest has succumbed to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Fr. Lawrence Liu Hong’en (PHOTO COURTESY RVA) Citing Radio Veritas Asia, CBCP News said Fr. Lawrence Liu Hong’en died of the disease at a state-run hospital in Quezon City, on July 13. He was 45....
Zach LaVine, Bradley Beal, Damian Lillard, Kevin Durant, and Jayson Tatum of the USA Men's National Team look on during the game against the Nigeria Men's National Team on July 10, 2021 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Stephen Gosling / NBAE / Getty Images / Getty Images via...
