CAVITE - Governor Jonvic Remulla announced that 11 percent of its 3.1 million target population has already received the first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. In a Facebook live update on Wednesday (July 7), the governor said that 368,560 vaccines have been administered while...
The Taguig City government has suspended vaccinating people with the first dose for two weeks due to lack of new supply of vaccines. “As directed by the National COVID-19 Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC) Advisory No. 62, amid the delays in the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, Taguig City is...
(Photo from Unsplash) The government’s pandemic task force is set to discuss once again the travel protocols within the Philippines for fully vaccinated individuals, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the public need to present a negative RT-PCR test...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for ventilators among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to an analysis of nearly 11,000 patients published Tuesday. The study appeared in the Journal of the American...
President Duterte said he has tempered his opposition to gambling because the country was running out of funds to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) Duterte made the statement as he led a meeting with executives of the ruling PDP-Laban...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday said the public should keep tabs on the Duterte administration’s “debt spree” as the Philippines reached a high record of P11-trillion in borrowings. “With a record-breaking P11.07-trillion in debt, the Duterte administraiton continues to be on...
Displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are still being flown home to the Philippines over a year since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began. Ninoy Aquino International Airport (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We're still expecting 30,000 to 40,000 of our OFWs . Eto yung mga nawalan...
A new batch of 28 editors and journalists from 19 publications in 11 countries across Asia are now participating in a leadership program that aims to nurture the next generation of media leaders who are committed to shaping the regional future. The program is the The Young Media Leaders Fellowship...
The national government will continue to enforce quarantine restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic until at least 50 percent of the country's more than 100 million population is vaccinated. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana attends a pre-SONA forum on July 7, 2021 ahead of...
(PIXABAY) Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Cynthia Saloma on Wednesday, July 7, said it is difficult to say now if Metro Manila may become resilient to the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the next few months. "Whether or not we are Delta resilient, mahirap po...
DOH/MB The country's total number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is now at 1,450,110 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 4,289 new cases on Wednesday, July 7. Active cases in the country stood at 47,519. This figure is equivalent to 3.3 percent of the total case count,...
A proposed "micro-herd immunity" in malls and other workplaces will be discussed by the private sector with the national government this week. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident during the inoculation drive held at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
