The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, Aug.31, that the Delta variant is already the most dominant version of the coronavirus circulating in the Philippines. World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I already...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has poured in P9.7 million to fund the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) study on the transmission patterns of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in confirmed cases to help prevent its further spread, and support the Department of Health...
People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Aug. 23, that it has “observed” a community transmission of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct free COVID-19 testing in highly dense communities where cases of the Delta variant are predominant. Binay said a free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test...
A vaccine expert warned Monday, Aug. 16, that the continued violation of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health and safety protocols would mean more virus transmission and mutations. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani appealed to the public to...
The legislative proposal providing for open access approach in the data transmission industry took a step forward towards enactment following its approval on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. All House members present during regular session on Wednesday, July 28 voted to pass...
People form a line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin/File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that the country’s Delta variant situation will not progress to “community transmission.” DOH Undersecretary Maria...
NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING -- Dozens of people gather sans minimum physical distancing in front of Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) building on Cabaguio Ave., Davao City. Health authorities have attributed the surge of COVID-19 cases in the region to complacency. (Keith Bacongco/MB/ FILE PHOTO)...
The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) expressed optimism that Congress will approve the Open Access in Data Transmission bill during its Third Regular session stressing the legislative will bridge critical gaps in broadband infrastructure by attracting more firms to invest in the data transmission and...
With local transmission of the Delta variant now present, do we have a fighting chance? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Just as many countries were starting to relax their pandemic restrictions, COVID-19 threw more curve balls. Rapid vaccination success stories like Israel, the UK, and the US have had...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now coordinating with the National Task Force Against COVID-19 for any public safety adjustment amid the detection of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease in the country. But PNP chief Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar said the best...
State-run National Transmission Corp. (Transco) plans to remit the company’s entire profit to the government’s coffers to help fund the country’s coronavirus response programs, the Department of Finance (DOF) revealed. In a statement, the finance department said on Tuesday, July 13, that...
