The Manila City Hall clock tower is seen illuminated with colorful lights display (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the consistent decline in the Philippines’ coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily is not artificial. Based on their metrics,...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday logged 1,766 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This is the second straight day that the Philippines recorded less than 2,000 cases. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said that the number of active infections in the country stood at...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement restrictions in Metro Manila in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Amid the decision to lift the curfew hours in Metro Manila, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to strictly adhere to...
A minor receives a COVID-19 vaccine during the ceremonial vaccination of minors at Cardinal Santos Medical Center on Oct. 22, 2021. (Photo from Department of Health) A total of 40,419 children aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities has been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),...
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Philippines on Wednesday, Nov 3, logged 1,591 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the lowest since February. The number of newly detected cases on Wednesday was the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines is eyeing to include children aged 5 to 11 in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program by next year, an official of the Department of...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed optimism that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being detected daily in the country would further decline below 2,000. But to achieve that, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that everyone has an important role to play. “If we...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he will not attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 funds which is scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 4. Duque said that Malacanang...
Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it will investigate the fire incident in a vaccine storage in Zamboanga del Sur that damaged almost 150,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses. “It’s being investigated and we...
In this file photo Medical workers load syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be administered by nurses at a vaccination site at Kedren Community Health Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California on February 16, 2021. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is...
coronavirus (FILE PHOTO) The Philippines has recorded more than 500 new Delta coronavirus variant cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The DOH said they were able to detect 520 new Delta variant cases out of the 748 positive samples that recently underwent genome...
(File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines recorded 2,303 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Nov. 2 the lowest single-day new infections recorded in nearly eight months. The last time the Philippines recorded more than 2,000 cases was on March 10 wherein 2,886 COVID-19...
