The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) cited the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Thursday, Nov. 25, for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination work it rendered to its personnel and persons deprived of liberty (PDL). In...
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK members Jennie, Jisoo and Rosé have all tested negative for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). YG Entertainment announced this on Nov. 25 after member Lisa tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 24. BLACKPINK (YG Entertainment) “BLACKPINK members Jisoo, Rosé and Jennie’s...
Students and teachers participate in a campaign calling for the end of violence against women and children, on the occasion of Valentine's Day in Manila, the Philippines, Feb. 14, 2020. (Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- A new report of UN Women has highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on women's safety at...
People drive to a temporary COVID-19 testing site in Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/File) WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A new national testing strategy, which will test people with faster results and provide greater certainty, reassurance, and less disruption to everyday lives, will...
ROME, Italy -- With COVID-19 infections rising in Italy, the country tightened restrictions on Wednesday in the run-up to the Christmas and New Year holiday. The most important new measures are the extension of the mandatory green pass to a wider array of venues, and restrictions for unvaccinated...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Just a week after the onset of the first enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) lockdown in March 2020, I received a text message from a long-time friend: “You must have heard that Mike (not his real name) died last night. He went home after waiting for hours to be admitted; no...
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK member Lisa, 24, has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “BLACKPINK's Lisa was diagnosed with COVID-19 on the afternoon of Nov. 24,” said YG Entertainment, BLACKPINK’s agency, in a statement released to the media. BLACKPINK's Lisa (Instagram) The...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said nearly 600 children aged 12 to 17 experienced adverse reactions after they got inoculated against the coronavirus disease...
The Philippine Red Cross' (PRC) "Bakuna" Bus travelled to different barangays in Aklan to vaccinate more individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a continuous aim to curb the spread of the virus, the organization said on Wednesday, Nov. 24. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the hard work of the City Health Office (CHO) and the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) brought the number of COVID-19 cases down to 66 on Nov. 23. Olivarez said the city suffered a big blow when the cases reached 3,000 during the surge of the...
DOH The Philippines recorded only 890 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Based on the Department of Health's (DOH) case bulletin, the active cases nationwide dropped to 17,864 or only 0.6 percent of the country's overall tally since last yearwhich currently stood at...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its gratitude to the Australian government for donating 700,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on Wednesday, Nov. 24. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the vaccine donation of Australia is...
