DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) reported 5,484 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, July 8. The nationwide case count rose to 1,455,585 since the pandemic hit the country last year. Of the total, 49,036 or 3.4 percent were active caseswith 90.9 percent were having mild symptoms, 3.7 percent were...
More than 3 million people have become fully vaccinated since the government started its free inoculation drive last March. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin refuted the claim of vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. that she was demanding for vaccine allocation from the government for her and her province. Former Department of Health secretary and incumbent Iloilo Representative Janette Garin (John Jerome...
Even after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the country’s vulnerable sectors can expect the government’s continued implementation of its social protection services, such as the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Social...
Malacañang said despite recent talks about politics and the 2022 elections, President Duterte's priority was still addressing the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Duterte met with...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned the public that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines sold illegally are no longer safe for use. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo noted that vaccines require proper handling and should be stored within the...
As government officials debate on whether or not to ease travel restrictions for fully-vaccinated individuals, Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, July 8, said local government units (LGUs) should have the necessary and proper systems in place to record those who have been inoculated against the novel...
Malacañang assured local government units (LGUs) that the government's pandemic task force was not deaf to their concerns but asked them to implement its anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) resolutions first because these were adopted on behalf of President Duterte. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 8 urged the Inter-Agency Task Force to accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination rollout to gain momentum against emerging new variants of the coronavirus. Hontiveros lamented that the current pace of the national vaccination program in the country remained...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Wednesday that the city has already deployed a total of 255,343 vaccines against COVID-19 as of July 5. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook) "GOOD NEWS: We have hit the quarter-million jab mark! 75K have received their 2nd dose," Sotto said in his...
In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to practice social distancing during a government imposed enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Manila....
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) launched an “aggressive” prevention campaign against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a bid to provide accurate information to different sectors and establishments, which will jumpstart the reopening of the economy. (OVP/Facebook) In a Facebook post,...
