The government will be allowing the entry of fully vaccinated foreign individuals from non-visa-required territories to the Philippines from December 1 to 15, 2021, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced. Nograles made the statement after the government's pandemic task force eased quarantine...
(PIXABAY) Amid the discovery of a new heavily mutated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant in South Africa, an OCTA research fellow on Friday, Nov. 26, said that this "could definitely be a potential for serious concern." The variant, called B.1.1.529, has been detected in South Africa in small...
Vaccination of a minor in Taguig (Ali Vicoy) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its call to all eligible Filipinos to participate in the government's national vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Nov. 29 to Dec.1. “The massive vaccination drive aims to increase...
The number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Municipality of Pateros in Metro Manila has fallen to only eight. In a post by the municipal government based on data from the Pateros Health Department, the active cases in Pateros stood at eight including seven new cases as of Nov....
The Makati City local government announced that active COVID-19 cases in the city have dropped dramatically. According to the Makati Health Department (MHD), there are now only 70 active cases in the city as of Thursday, Nov. 25, a drastic decrease from the 322 active cases last Nov. 1. It added...
The Manila City government received 6,600 tablets of the anti-COVID drug Baricitinib on Friday, Nov. 26. The drug will be prescribed to patients experiencing moderate to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna and Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso (SCREENSHOT FROM ISKO MORENO DOMAGOSO...
As part of its aggressive COVID-19 booster vaccination program, over 20,000 COVID-19 booster shots have been administered to individuals belonging to the A1 (frontliners), A2 (senior citizens), and A3 (persons with comorbidities) in Manila as of Friday, Nov. 26. A total of 23,872 doses have been...
Caritas Philippines The Caritas Philippines urged the public to support the government’s three-day national vaccination program, saying this will help in curbing the negative effects brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the...
The Paranaque City government received 500 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) for use by its medical frontliners in the fight against COVID-19. Mayor Edwin Olivarez thanked the Paranaque City Eagles Club for donating on Thursday (Nov. 25) the 500 PPEs for the use of the medical staff of...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new COVID-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The number of daily infections in Africa's hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since the start...
SURVIVOR’S TALE Survivor's Tale By NIKKI REGIO (The author is a 38-year-old full-time mother of two doing a little bit of everything. She lives in Parañaque City.) May 7, 2020 was when we lost my mother-in-law to cancer. That was when COVID-19 cases were increasing and lockdowns were being...
Results of the virgin coconut oil (VCO) trial at Philippine General Hospital (PGH) showed that hospitalized coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients did not significantly benefit from VCO as an adjunct therapy. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The results of the VCO clinical trial at the PGH were presented by...
