A total of 139 participants have so far been enrolled in the clinical trial on the use of sleep-aid supplement melatonin as adjuvant treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in patients with pneumonia, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (Photo by James Yarema on Unsplash) The...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is eyeing to implement a "no vaccine, no subsidy" policy for recipients Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in order to compel more people to get inoculated. This after the DILG found out that many 4Ps recipients still...
The Philippines and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to launch an "enhanced partnership" on trade and investment, technology, security and defense, and coronavirus (COVID-19) response, among others. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
The national government has achieved its goal of administering at least one million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in a single day, an official of the pandemic task force revealed Friday night, Nov. 5. (L-R) Assistant Sec. Wilben Mayor, head of the National Task Force (NTF)...
The Taguig City government issued guidelines in the implementation of COVID-19 Alert Level 2 community quarantine classification. Resolution No. 147 of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) put the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 2...
A total of 1,823 individuals have already been recruited to participate in the country’s yearlong real-world study on the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Nov. 5. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) During his weekly...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is expecting that vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech will submit this November their application to authorize emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) "Ang aking expectation is probably within this...
The establishment of special economic zones in the country could spell a swift turn-around in the economy of various regions and provinces as government battles the economic devastation brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Occidental Mindoro Rep. Josephine Ramirez-Sato Occidental Mindoro Rep....
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The average daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the Philippines may be less than 1,000 cases by the end of November, OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Friday, Nov. 5. In an update via Twitter, David noted that the seven-day average of new cases...
DOH Another 2,376 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were detected nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Based on Friday's COVID-19 update, the number of active infections in the country stood at 37,377. Of these active infections, 69 percent have mild symptoms, 13.94 percent...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded on Friday, Nov. 5, registered examinees of the March 15, 2020 Career Service Examination-Pen and Paper Test to claim their refund. The exam last year in March was cancelled due to the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and that examinees...
Vaccination of higher education personnel (Photo from CHED) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support to proposals making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, but only for specific sectors. “One of the things that we are looking at, we will never achieve yung immunity na kailangan ng...
