Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday, Nov. 2 that she will soon release the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response plan that she intends to put into action if elected president next year. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) She also urged “kakampinks", the term...
‘Prioritizing vaccination of the unvaccinated over the marginal benefit of boosters will result in much fewer people in the hospitals’ The administration of boosters would be worth it only when the general population has been vaccinated against COVID-19), an infectious disease expert said....
Care tips to learn for you and your loved ones Although COVID-19 cases have gone down, we’re not out of the woods yet. For lack of resources and funding, hospitals are still pushed to ask patients to seek healthcare services elsewhere, unless the cases are a high-level emergency. Thankfully, many...
Anakalusugan partylist Representative Mike Defensor and three other members of the House of Representatives urged the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday to take over the Quezon City (QC) local government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Anakalusugan Party-List Rep....
CLINICAL MATTERS Delta plus is a word combination that sent many people into a panic when it was reported in media in October. To those familiar with the havoc that the Delta variant wreaked in India and globally, the only thing that could possibly be worse is the Delta plus. Delta plus, or...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Nov. 1, recorded 3,117 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases across the country. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on its latest cases bulletin, the new cases pushed the nationwide running tally to 2,790,375, of which, 1.5 percent or 43,185 are...
Deaths during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are "very difficult and very painful" because people are unable to say goodbye, a parish priest said on Monday, Nov. 1. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) "The pandemic changed our lives in so many ways, the experiences of death during the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday called on Filipinos to continue to pray for justice for all the victims of violence and senseless killings in the country. In her message for All Saints’ and All Soul’s Day or Undas, the detained senator said she constantly prays for strength and...
Muntinlupa City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases are down to 164, sharply decreasing by 83 percent for the month of October. As of Oct. 31, the active cases in Muntinlupa stood at 164 out of 27,351 confirmed cases. There were 26,616 recoveries and 571 deaths. A minor getting...
All 17 local government units (LGU) in Metro Manila are now classified as "low risk" for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on the assessment of independent research group OCTA. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Meanwhile, Navotas is classified as "very low risk" for COVID-19. In its latest...
The less than five percent positivity rate in Metro Manila is now ideal and shows the decreasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the region, the OCTA Research Group said Monday, Nov. 1. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual briefing, Dr. Guido David said noted...
The Las Pinas City government will start its vaccination roll out for the general pediatric population on Nov. 3. Mayor Imelda Aguilar encouraged parents or guardians of children aged 12 to 17 years old to register them at https://bit.ly/e-covid19reg. Aguilar also said they can also visit their...
