Instead of just one booster shot, Filipinos should have a full new round of COVID-19 vaccination to guarantee better protection from the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Cavite Dasmariñas City Rep. Elpidio Barzaga urged government to consider giving Filipinos a fourth...
Candy Pangilinan is among celebrities who tested COVID-19 positive recently. She's emotional about it, noting it's her second time to catch the deadly virus. On her recent vlog, Candy documented how her days went as she isolated herself. Candy shared she has been taking antibiotics and lots of...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The tremendous increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continued as Metro Manila registered a new all-time high number of infections on Sunday, Jan. 9, the independent research group OCTA said on Monday, Jan. 10. Citing data from the Department of...
Newscaster Gretchen Fullido tried to be informative updating fans of her experience having acquired the deadly coronavirus. In her recent post, the Kapamilya star revealed her COVID-19 journey started last Jan. 3 when she tested positive for the same in both RT-PCR and antigen tests. According to...
Senator Richard Gordon on Monday called on returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are set to observe strict mandatory quarantine or are already undergoing isolation to enroll at the online courses offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to keep their...
No recorded cases of the said coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variants IHU and Deltacron/Delmicron have been detected in the Philippines and that the country's local experts are still studying these, the Department of Health said on Monday, Jan. 10. DOH/MB In a statement, DOH said that only the...
With the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, an official of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has appealed to the public to buy only the medicines that they need. Military Bishop Oscar Florencio/CBCP NEWS CBCP Vice-Chairman Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio issued the...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) clarified on Monday, Jan. 10, that only health workers who will test negative for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be allowed to work. (Unsplash) In an interview with CNN's The Source, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas del Rosario made the clarification after...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – The city hall is currently on limited operations after 190 of its employees tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Mayor Lani Mercado Revilla said on Monday (Jan. 10). Most of the city hall employees who contracted the virus are currently working from home...
By Khriscielle Yalao The city of San Juan has logged 1,171 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, with 180 new cases added on Sunday, Jan. 9. Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook Page / MANILA BULLETIN The city was already on the brink of the thousandth mark on Saturday, Jan. 8,...
Malacañang said it was up to the discretion of the local government units (LGUs) whether to bring an entire family hit with the coronavirus (COVID-19) to a facility or let them undergo quarantine in their own house. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo...
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) lamented the shortened quarantine period for medical frontliners exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying it will "further accelerate the proliferation and spread of infection." (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health, through the...
