A health reform advocate expressed his approval following the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic task force’s decision to extend the Alert Level 2 status in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Ikinalulugod ko ang desisyon ng Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) at ng Metro...
With the declining numbers, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is hopeful that the country will be moving to coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Level 1 by March. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page)...
The national government will consider the recommendation of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) to retain the Alert Level 2 status in the National Capital Region (NCR) until the end of February despite the continuous decline of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
The government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) under the coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Level 2 while it placed seven other areas under Alert Level 3 from February 16 to 28, 2022. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) In a statement, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said...
A doctors' group on Monday, Feb. 14, said it is still too early to downgrade Metro Manila to Alert Level 1 this month as a lot of individuals are still not vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) During the Laging Handa briefing, Philippine Medical Society...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi has voted for the retention of Alert Level 2 in the National Capital Region (NCR). Mayors under the Metro Manila Council voted on what alert level to recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). The mayors signed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte recommended for the National Capital Region (NCR) to remain under the COVID-19 Alert level 2 quarantine status until the end of the month, the local government said on Sunday, Feb. 13. The Quezon City Public Information Office (PIO) told the Manila Bulletin that the...
Metro Manila is not yet ready for an Alert Level 1 status, health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon said on Sunday, Feb. 13. “Lahat tayo gusto natin ng normal pero we are not yet ready. Sa...
Top officials in charge of the policies in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will meet on Monday, Feb, 14., to discuss the new alert level status in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Sunday, Feb. 13. Año said...
Amid the decreasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country, a health reform advocate said that the Philippines should focus on creating a pandemic exit plan, conduct more testings, and ramp up its vaccination programs. (Mark Balmores / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) “...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has yet to reach the endemic stage at this point in time. “For now, we cannot say that it is really at that state where we have this endemic,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press...
A health reform advocate urged the national government to “wait and observe” in the next two weeks if the cases will once again spike up before easing the country’s Alert Level status for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Health reform advocate and former...
