Over 1,000 active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded in Pasig City, the city government announced on Friday, Jan. 7. The number of infections in the city went up by 423 in just one day, bringing the total tally to 1,082 on Jan. 7. A day before, the city government announced 659...
Molnupiravir (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Pharmaceutical firm Faberco Life Sciences Inc. (Faberco) assured that the country will have enough supply of oral antiviral drug Molnupiravir amid the rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections. “Faberco Life Sciences is committed to address the urgent...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday night, Jan. 7, that it has filed criminal cases against another returning overseas Filipino (ROF) who allegedly skipped mandatory hotel quarantine. Philippine National Police Chief, General Dionardo Carlos (File photo / PNP / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Starting next week, Miriam College will implement five-day academic ease for students in the basic education level. Miriam College / FB Director for Basic Education Maria Louella Tampinco announced this through a letter released by the Office of Basic Education Unit (BEU) on Friday, Jan. 7....
Amid the spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, an infectious disease expert reiterated that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is not mild and that the public should not be complacent about it. (File Photo / Unsplash) “Ang Omicron po ay virus, hindi po siya bakuna. Hindi...
ft.com The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that the first supply of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine— for children aged five to 11— will arrive in the Philippines by the end of this month or first week of February. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the...
Pateros, the smallest local government unit in Metro Manila, has recorded a steep increase in the number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. According to the Pateros municipal government, the active cases in the town have risen to 162 including 16 new cases as of Jan. 6, an increase of...
People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases.(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines’ number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases swelled up to 21,819, the...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has interpreted President Duterte's order for barangay chiefs to restrict the movement of unvaccinated individuals as being nationwide in scope. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from the Cabinet Secretariat Facebook page) Not only that, but the order also...
The safe reopening of schools amid the pandemic might still not be possible with the approved budget for the education sector, a group of education workers said. Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2021 during the first day of pilot face-to-face classes in Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in Manila. (ALI...
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – Mongolia has registered the country's first cases of the Omicron variant, Tsolmon Bilegtsaikhan, director of the National Center for Communicable Diseases, said on Friday. "At least 12 COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant have been detected in our country,"...
NEW DELHI, India – Haunted by the specter of last year's crisis, India is bracing for a deluge of Covid-19 cases, with authorities of various megacities bringing in restrictions in a bid to keep infections in check. Case numbers have yet to match the enormous figures seen last spring when...
