Fully vaccinated residents in Valenzuela City who tested positive for COVID-19 and those asymptomatic or with mild to moderate symptoms can now quarantine at their own home. The city government said home quarantine will only be allowed for individuals with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain...
Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Spokesperson appealed to the Filipinos to stay home for at least two weeks to mitigate the spread of the more transmissible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron variant. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "I think ang dapat talaga ay tighter implementation. Kahit...
Omicron is a “serious matter” and it poses a great threat to the public, reiterated a public health expert on Sunday, Jan. 9. File Photo / Unsplash In an interview over DZRH, public health expert and former National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony”...
Amid the recent spike of infections, a public health expert has expressed support for the implementation of Alert Level 4 status in Metro Manila to prevent the further spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (File Photo/ Unsplash) Public health expert and former National Task Force (NTF) against...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila has reached 50.5 percent on Jan. 7--the first time it exceeded 50 percent in the region--the independent research group OCTA said on Sunday, Jan. 9. In an update posted on Twitter, OCTA Research Fellow...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) will start limiting admissions of non-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients amid manpower woes as the number of virus patients increases, its spokesperson said Sunday, Jan. 9. Philippine General Hospital (Photo from University of the Philippines) In an...
DOH The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved any self-administered COVID-19 antigen test kit in the country so far, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that all antigen tests should still be done by medical professionals...
Citing the continuous rise of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the De La Salle University (CSB) and the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) announced the suspension of classes. DLS-CSB (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) In an advisory, DLSU said it will suspend classes at...
Senatorial aspirant and retired police general Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar urged on Sunday, Jan. 9, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to consider setting up separate voting rooms or voting areas for senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and individuals with comorbidities for the May...
The Far Eastern University (FEU) has postponed the start of face-to-face classes amid the rise of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country. (Photo from FEU's Facebook page) In an advisory, FEU said the scheduled start of select face-to-face classes for the second semester of the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday thanked fellow public servants and his supporters for sending him “get well soon” messages and expressions of concern after he tested positive for COVID-19. According to Lacson, among those who sent their well wishes to him were fellow...
Two years into the pandemic should have been enough for the Philippine government to prepare for mass testing to help curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, Jan. 9. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) “Iyong sa akin...