CANBERRA -- Australia's expert panel on immunizations has shortened the recommended wait time for coronavirus booster vaccines. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunizations (ATAGI) said on Sunday that the interval between the second and booster shots for people over 18 has been cut from...
Buildings stand illuminated at night in the Makati district of Manila, the Philippines. Photographer: Hannah Reyes Morales/Bloomberg FILE) The Department of Health (DOH) only reported 402 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, Dec. 12. Sunday's confirmed cases brought the running tally...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported 104 new cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday. Of the new cases, 103 were community cases across New Zealand, one was an imported case, said the ministry. Among the new community infections, 86 were recorded in the...
NEW DELHI, India -- India has registered 7,774 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 34,690,510, the health ministry's data showed on Sunday. The ministry also reported 306 more deaths during the same period, taking the total death toll to 475,434. Active cases fell...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines is ensuring to have enough supplies of syringes, particularly the 0.3ml syringes (microsyringes) and 0.5ml auto-disable (AD) syringes, which are...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia has reported 4,626 new COVID-19 infections and 31 more deaths as of midnight Saturday, the health ministry said. Among the new cases, 20 are imported, and 4,606 are local transmissions, data from the ministry showed. The national total thus reached...
ft.com Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have already submitted an authorization request to the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clear their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for use in children aged five to 11 years old. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that...
To combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19), especially now that the holiday season is fast approaching, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is pushing for regular reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing and COVID-19 vaccination. (PRC/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “We are at war...
As the country implements measures to prevent the entry of the Omicron variant, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar assured local government units (LGUs) of the administration's support in fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO)...
Organizing your company’s Christmas party in Taguig? You may need to apply for a permit to hold it. The Taguig City government through its Taguig Safe City Task Force issued Advisory No. 60 on “Updated Guidelines for Certain Activities and Businesses during the Holiday Season under the General...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Could it really be? That as we edge past the one year and three-quarters mark of living under the shadow of COVID, and we finally seem to be basking in the light at the end of the tunnel; we could actually go nostalgic for all that has transpired...
ULAN BATOR -- Mongolia's Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed 284 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 386,384. Two of the latest confirmed cases were imported from abroad, and the remaining ones were local transmissions, the ministry said. Meanwhile,...
