The Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will be reorganized to streamline its meetings and processes to only those with "relevant" functions, Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) It was disclosed...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has ordered the retention of the present Covid-19 alert level system in the country for the time being. He said he wants to reclassify restrictions that are compatible with the current milder strains that afflict the patients. The alert level could be...
A Cabinet member has committed that the proposed pandemic exit strategy crafted by a panel of medical experts will be endorsed to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Former presidential adviser and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said that Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)...
Three days after testing positive for Covid-19, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is "on his way to a complete recovery," Malacañang said today. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) The President is not experiencing fever and his cough has...
A panel of medical experts came up with recommendations the government can adopt to help the country transition to normalcy. Former presidential adviser Joey Concepcion and the Advisory Council of Experts (ACE) urged the government to prepare a "pandemic exit" strategy, prompting them to craft a...
Wearing of face masks would become optional if the government's booster shot drive against Covid-19 succeeds, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos, however, said that easing of restrictions to that extent...
Experts from the medical and economic sector are proposing to use the "traffic light approach" for alert level systems as among the country's next steps amid the pandemic. A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. intends to reinstitute the national vaccination drive amid the surging cases of Covid-19 in the country. Vaccination of a minor last year (National Task Force Against COVID19) Ramping up the country's vaccination drive would also give children another layer...
BEIJING, China -- China reported zero new Covid-19 infections in Shanghai for the first time since March on Saturday, as the country's latest outbreak subsides after months of virus-spurred lockdowns and restrictions. China is the last major economy still committed to a zero-Covid strategy,...
More than 460,000 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated from various countries since the Philippines started bringing back distressed Filipinos abroad in 2020. (Photo by Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola...
Bahrain has expressed its intention to donate more than half a million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the Philippines, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. disclosed. Bahraini FM Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Photos from Wikipedia Commons/PCOO)...
Filipinos in Shanghai infected by the coronavirus and those affected by the lockdown amid the surge of new cases are being assisted by the Chinese government, the Philippine Consulate in China said Wednesday, April 27. Volunteers deliver parcels to a residential community under closed-off...
