(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Independent research group OCTA has again observed a slight downward trend in Metro Manila's number of new cases, as shown in its latest monitoring report released on Friday, July 9. From July 2 to 8, OCTA said that the daily new cases in Metro Manila...
A vial of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (BioNTech/Handout via Xinhua) The country’s local health experts are not yet recommending the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster doses as there is still insufficient evidence that it is “going to be safe,” the Department of Health...
More than two million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were delivered to the country on Friday afternoon, July 9. A health worker shows a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) According to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, a total of...
(OCTA RESEARCH) The number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country continued to decrease as it averaged 5,321 cases per day during the July 2-8 period, OCTA Research said in its report on Friday, July 9. OCTA said the country's average is 7 percent lower than the previous week,...
San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza has recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Bishop Gerardo Alminaza (Photo courtesy Diocese of San Carlos) The Diocese of San Carlos Social Communications Office announced the news in their Facebook page Friday, July 9. In an advisory, the diocese said,...
DOH/MB The Philippines recorded 5,881 additional cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, July 9. The new cases brought the country's caseload to 1,461,455, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Active cases stood at 51,902. Of this number, 90.3 percent are in mild condition; 4.4 percent...
The emergence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic made the United Kingdom (UK) realize just how important Filipino nurses and healthcare workers (HCWs) were to that country. (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) Thus, said Labor Attaché in London Amuerfina Reyes in a virtual press briefing...
Total vaccine administered as of July 8, 2021 (Source: DOH) The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than 12 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered nationwide. A total of 12,703,081 Filipinos have already already been vaccinated against the...
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) exhorted the government on Friday, July 9, to provide a unified database of vaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which will allow local government units (LGUs) to easily verify incoming tourists in their...
After more than a year of being locked up inside their homes to keep them safe from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the government's pandemic task force has finally allowed children aged five and up outdoors in select areas. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task...
The government has given the green light to the conduct of the grand coronation night of the Binibining Pilipinas 2021 but subject to certain health protocols against the coronavirus disease. The grand coronation night of Binibining Pilipinas 2021 will be held this coming Sunday, July 11. (Bb...
DAVAO CITY - A 63-year old male patient from Mati City in Davao Oriental province who died due to coronavirus disease on May 17 tested positive for the South African coronavirus variant. Citing reports from the Provincial Epidemiologic Surveillance Unit (PESU), the provincial government of Davao...
