As the Philippines again records thousands of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases daily, President Duterte on Tuesday, Jan. 4, pointed at the highly transmissible Omicron variant as the culprit for the decreased mobility of Filipinos. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public...
President Duterte prefers to assign policemen at quarantine hotels in the country in order to prevent cases of quarantine "jumping", or skipping the required quarantine period for individuals who just arrived from abroad. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, as Duterte acknowledged...
President Duterte has directed village officials to restrict the movement of unvaccinated Filipinos in their respective jurisdictions. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his first “Talk to the People” public briefing of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (RTVM Screenshot) In his taped...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Tuesday, Jan. 4 is under quarantine after he was exposed to his staff who was positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Health Secretary Francisco Duque III / RTVM screenshot "I am in quarantine since I got exposed to my staff who tested positive...
Averaging only more than 300 cases per day in the previous week, the country's average daily reported cases of COVID-19 has soared to more than 3,000 this week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday night, Jan. 4. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo,...
Delivery riders can get their COVID-19 booster shots at a drive-thru vaccination site set up at the Bonifacio Shrine beside the Manila City Hall, the city government announced Tuesday. The drive-thru vaccination site will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6. PHOTO COURTESY OF MANILA...
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported 31 new cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the community on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 10,985. Among the new infections, 14 were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, one in nearby...
A group of teachers on Tuesday, Jan. 4, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to retain the work-from-home set-up (WFH) among public school teachers amid the rising cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), especially in Metro Manila. Photo taken at Latian Elementary School in Alabel Sarangani...
Amid another surge of daily coronavirus cases, Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Jan. 4, announced the roll out of her Swab Cab initiative, which aims to help the testing capabilities of hotspot areas. The Office of the Vice President’s mobile COVID-19 testing laboratory visits Marikina...
A total of 990 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded in Manila as of Tuesday, Jan. 4. Majority of infections are concentrated in two of the 16 Manila districts: Tondo with 464 active cases and Sampaloc with 121. A sign posted outside a drugstore along Taft Avenue in Manila...
The Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is expected to gradually “die out and disappear” as the highly transmissible Omicron variant takes over, a fellow of OCTA Research said. (File Photo / Unsplash) “If what happens here mimics what happened elsewhere in the world, is that in...
At least 85 percent of patients in the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) are unvaccinated, a physician from the hospital said Tuesday, Jan. 4. (Photo from Lung Center of the Philippines) In an interview with TeleRadyo, Dr. Norberto Francisco, a pulmonary medicine specialist, said a steady rise...
