Kids should stay home for now. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) recalled its resolution allowing children aged five and above outdoors due to the threat of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Malacañang said that it will step up its contact tracing game to arrest the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) following reports of an increase in the number of cases in different areas in the country, particularly in the National Capital Region (NCR). Presidential spokesperson Harry...
Senators on Wednesday, July 21 urged the government to put in place stricter mechanisms anew to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) cases of the more infectious Delta variant in the Philippines from rising to dangerous levels and put the country’s health system and economy at risk once again....
Malacañang said the government's coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic task force will soon meet to discuss the suggestion of local chief executives to suspend its policy that allowed kids aged five and up to leave their homes. President Duterte presides over a meeting with core members of the...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said he supports the unanimous decisiion of Metro Manila mayors for the temporary suspension of the government’s policy allowing minors from five to 17 years old to go to outdoor areas due to the emerging threat of the highly contagious Delta variant....
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday, July 21, expressed optimism that Cagayan de Oro would be able to beat the surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the city. House deputy speaker and Cayagan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez The Cagayan De Oro City Representative welcomed the...
The government is counting on the full delivery of the coronavirus vaccines it procured from China's Sinovac Biotech earlier than expected. The latest batch of of Sinovac vaccines procured by the government arrive in the Philippines on July 17, 2021 (National Task Force against COVID-19/Twitter)...
The Taguig City government has released the rules and the list of outdoor areas where minors from five to 17 years old can go under the general community quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila from July 16 to 31. Advisory No. 47-A issued by the Taguig Safe City Task Force adopted Resolution 21-11 of the...
The government intends to extend assistance to families affected by the most restrictive lockdown in four places in the country this month. President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced Friday the national government's "augmentation support" for local...
The government's pandemic task force has escalated the risk classification of Iloilo Province and Iloilo City to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until the end of the month. The complex of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The government has revised the list of more than 50 "green" countries or those with low risk of coronavirus amid moves to screen vaccinated travelers arriving in the Philippines. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
The government has given the green light to the conduct of the "Bike for Peace and Justice" this weekend subject to certain conditions. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to...
