More than 100,000 foreign tourists have visited the Philippines since the national government opened the country's borders to 157 visa-free nations last month, the Department of Tourism (DOT) revealed Friday, March 18. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded on Friday, March 18, a total of 17 new Covid-19 cases among its personnel, the highest since about three weeks ago. (Courtesy of PNP Police Regional 8) A situation report released by the PNP information office showed that the total number of active...
Religious processions during the celebration of Lent and Holy Week will still be not allowed in the Diocese of Antipolo. Photo Diocese of Antipolo FB Antipolo Bishop Francisco De Leon made this clarification in a letter addressed to priests in his diocese. He cited the following as reasons why...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Moderna announced Thursday it had asked the United States drug regulator for emergency authorization for a second booster shot of the company's Covid-19 vaccine for all adults. The request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would "allow for a fourth dose of...
BEIJING, China – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday the country will "stick with" its zero-Covid strategy, state TV reported, as the world's most populous nation battles its largest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The country where the virus emerged in late 2019 has...
A total of 39 contact tracers (CTs) in Isabela were recently rehired and re-oriented on the latest Covid-19 health protocols issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, March 18....
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Philippines recorded 598 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, March 17. The country's running tally of cases jumped to 3,672,661, as shown on the website of the Department...
PARIS, France -- France on Wednesday reported more than 108,000 new Covid-19 cases, according to data from the National Health Agency. It was the second consecutive day that daily cases in the country have topped 100,000 after 116,618 cases were recorded the day before. According to the health...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel will not lift more Covid-19 restrictions amid rising infections "in several locations around the world," the prime minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday. Following a consultation meeting with health officials, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Foreign visitors entering Vietnam will no longer have to present Covid-19 vaccine certificates or go under mandatory quarantine, according to the latest policy released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. The regulations, issued late Tuesday when Vietnam announced its full...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen announced on Thursday that all inbound travelers are no longer required to present a medical certificate for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours prior to their arrivals to the country....
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea reported a record of more than 600,000 coronavirus cases Thursday, with authorities saying the country was near the peak of an Omicron-fuelled infection wave. According to WHO data, South Korea leads the world in newly reported cases in the last seven days...
