Are you planning to have a booster shot against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after completing the two-dose regimen? A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine to an airport employee at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin)...
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 20,424 on Saturday, June 19, as two new cases were recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The DFA also reported three new recoveries and no new fatality among Filipinos abroad. With no new...
The government should not delay the release of a unified quarantine protocol for vaccinated Filipino travelers for the sake of the Philippine economy, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Saturday, June 19. Passengers show their travel documents to authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
DOH/MB Almost 7,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, June 19. The active cases or patients still being treated hit 59,439 after the DOH detected 6,959 new infections nationwide. The cumulative tally of confirmed cases in the...
A vaccine expert warned Saturday, June 19, that another coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant could possibly emerge if the public, including those fully vaccinated individuals, keeps violating the minimum public health standards set by the government. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
DAVAO CITY - Members of the Bangsamoro Parliament filed a bill for the appropriation of P50 million to fund the acquisition of additional oxygen tanks that will be distributed to medical facilities catering to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking to protect consumers from the fraudulent schemes of some financial service providers and unscrupulous individuals. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian during a special session in the Senate on March 23, 2020. (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Gatchalian said on Saturday,...
A total of 75 employees working as frontliners for the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Central Office in Pasay City were vaccinated with the help of the Pasay City local government unit's vaccination program. The administration of the first dose to 75 CAAP workers was held at the...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has so far paid about P5.5 billion to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for the humanitarian organization’s coronavirus testing services, an official said Saturday, June 19. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (MANILA BULLETIN) “Ang sa...
The country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) is not recommending to put on hold the use of Sinovac vaccine despite Indonesia’s experience that its more than 350 medical workers fully vaccinated with the China-made jab have caught coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) VEP chair Dr....
A standard quarantine protocol for Filipinos who are vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) here in the country and in abroad is now being formulated by the technical working group (TWG) of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19. (File Photo/ JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Taguig City government has already administered 210,724 first and second doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. On Friday, the Taguig Vaccination Bus went to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in Bonifacio Global City and inoculated 130 employees who belong to the A4 priority...
