The Quezon City government has expanded the capacity of its HOPE community caring facilities amid the rising number of children who have tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Esperanza Arias, head of the city's health department, said on Friday the local government already procured additional beds,...
The Quezon City General Hospital and Medical Center (QCGHMC) will convert its chapel into an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to the increasing number of COVID-19 severe cases.
According to QCGMHC Director Dr. Josephine Sabando, the converted chapel can accommodate 21 ICU beds.
“Our COVID-19...
The number of children infected with COVID-19 in Quezon City has almost quadrupled in just a month after 318 minors were reported to have caught the disease from August 1 to 7. Data from the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) showed that 169 children aged 0 to 11 were infected...
Quezon City 2nd District Councilor Candy Medina led the recent distribution of relief goods to at least 2,500 families in barangays Payatas, Commonwealth, Batasan Hills, Holy Spirit and Silangan. The city councilor took the initiative as she said “food is a very essential part of our...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Quezon City government on Thursday, August 12, joined forces to vaccinate 5,000 public transport drivers in the city during the Vaccine Express drive-through vaccination that will run until August 13. Vice President Leni Robredo and Quezon City Mayor...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Thursday the city still has a "few" COVID-19 related deaths despite the surge in new virus infections in Metro Manila because the government's vaccination program "is working." Belmonte added that the rise in the city's new COVID-19 cases "is not as steep" as the...
Authorities confiscated more than P200,000 worth of illegal lumber following the arrest of three people in an anti-illegal logging operation in Burdeous, Quezon, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Thursday, Aug. 12. In a joint operation, the PCG Southern Tagalog and the Department of...
Smooth distribution of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) cash aid was observed in Caloocan and Quezon cities—two of Metro Manila's biggest cities—on the first day of the payout Wednesday. Caloocan Mayor Oca Malapitan earned praises from Interior and Local Government Usec. Jonathan...
Vice President Leni Robredo and a few of her staff at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) trooped to the Pinyahan Elementary School in Quezon City on Wednesday, August 11, to get inoculated with the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vice President Leni Robredo receives her second...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s Vaccine Express project will kick off in Quezon City on Thursday, August 12, to ramp up coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in the city. A tricycle driver takes a photo of a woman at the Vaccine Express in Manila to record her getting her second dose of the...
The Quezon City government has advised city residents to refer to the lists of cash aid beneficiaries only posted by the local government or their barangay governments to avoid "fake news" or "misinformation" that may arise at the start of the distribution of the assistance from the national...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is calling on the national government and online platforms to investigate the proliferation of fake advisories claiming that walk-ins are now be allowed in vaccination sites. Belmonte, on Monday, issued the appeal after people without vaccination appointments swarmed...
