The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) alert level in Metro Manila will probably be lowered by Oct. 16 with the improved health situation in the area, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said Tuesday night, Oct. 12. Densing explained that the...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is batting for an "aggressive" lowering of alert level classifications in Metro Manila--similar to the aggressive imposition of a lockdown a couple of months ago during the initial attack of the coronavirus disease...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), reported on Tuesday that 80 percent of the eligible adult population in National Capital Region (NCR) had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). During a phone interview, Olivarez said the...
Local government units in Metro Manila will implement shorter curfew hours starting Wednesday, Oct. 13, as the number of active COVID-19 cases in the region continues to go down. From 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., Metro Manila will observe a unified curfew hours of 12 midnight to 4 a.m., based on the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila has recorded its lowest seven-day average coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases since August at 1,933, independent research group OCTA said on Tuesday, Oct. 12. "The seven-day average in the NCR (National Capital Region) decreased to less than 1,933 as of...
Curfew hours in Metro Manila may be shortened in the coming days as the region continues to report decreasing new cases of COVID-19, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Oct. 12. Currently, curfew hours in the region start at 10 p.m. until 4 a.m.,...
As the number of cases continues to go down, Malacañang said that the National Capital Region (NCR) has a "good chance" of being downgraded to Alert Level 3, a stage in the new coronavirus (COVID-19) response system being piloted in the region that allows more businesses and activities to...
Department of Health Metro Manila may see a significant decrease in the number of daily and active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases by the end of the month if the region will remain under Alert Level 4, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, Oct. 11. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
The Muntinlupa City Council passed an ordinance Monday shortening the curfew hours that will be imposed in the city. Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro told Manila Bulletin that under the measure, the new curfew hours in Muntinlupa will be from midnight to 4 a.m., or four hours, starting Oct. 13. The...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Independent research group OCTA on Saturday, Oct. 9, said Metro Manila's coronavirus reproduction number or the average number of secondary infections by each infected individual was further down to 0.61 from 0.83 a week ago. OCTA noted that the one-week COVID-19 growth...
Malacañang said the government's pandemic task force will take into consideration the appeal of National Capital Region (NCR) mayors to have a pilot run of face-to-face classes in every city there amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. Face-to-face classes were held before the...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila could have less than 1,000 new infections per day by the end of October, as the region’s COVID-19 trends improved further, the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Oct. 7. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido David said the number of new cases in the National Capital...
