BEIJING, China -- An international team led by Chinese researchers has identified a molecular pathway that intensifies the severity of critical Covid-19 cases, lending clues to potential treatment for such cases. The study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Signaling showed that the...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Hundreds of thousands of children of kindergarten ages in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi returned to school on Wednesday after a months-long hiatus due to Covid-19. Unlike school pupils and university students, kindergarten children did not have online learning while the schools...
NEW DELHI, India -- India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,038,016 on Wednesday, as 1,088 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. Besides, as many as 26 deaths due to the pandemic since Tuesday morning took the total death...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) of Canada strengthened its guidance on boosters on Tuesday while Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam confirmed the country is in a sixth wave of COVID-19. NACI said in a statement that all adults aged 18 years or older are...
There is a possibility that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) may experience a "mini surge" of Covid-19 cases given its current vaccination rate, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH "Yes, there’s always that possibility of a mini-surge kasi alam naman...
Seventy-five thousand doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine were donated by the Qatari government and Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech to the Philippines on Wednesday, April 13. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) and Qatar Ambassador to the Philippines Ali Ibrahim Al-Malki shake hands...
The House Committee on Health chairperson has hailed the enactment of the radio and television franchise of Southern Luzon State University (SLSU), a move that according to her would help mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo from Quezon Rep. Helen Tan's office) “The franchise to...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city has maintained its record of zero Covid-19 cases based on the report submitted by the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) on Tuesday, April 12. Rubiano, however, urged residents to remain vigilant even as the city continues to record...
The government's pandemic task force has called for the implementation of the 10-Point Policy Agenda on Economic Recovery and urged all government agencies to ensure all related policies, measures, and programs are aligned with the Ten-Point Policy Agenda, Malacañang said. President Duterte...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) in its current Alert Level 1 status from April 16 to 30, 2022, Malacañang said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this announcement on Wednesday, April 13. In.a...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, April 13 stressed how critical faster vaccine rollout is in accelerating the country’s return to normalcy following reports that some age groups and regions in the Philippines still have poor vaccine coverage. As chairman of the Senate Committee on...
Mechanical, unreasonable, and counter-productive. This is how the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (DepEd) described the latest directive of the Department of Education (DepEd) mandating the 100 percent onsite reporting of public school teachers in areas under Alert Level 1. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE...
