PARIS, France – People who are vaccinated and have had a booster shot against Covid-19 recover from symptoms from the Omicron variant more than three days earlier than those with the Delta variant, a study said Friday. The study also found that people with Omicron are significantly less...
AFP FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippines could once again experience a "surge" in Covid-19 cases in the coming months, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned. "With the unsafe gatherings and social mixing expected in the next two months, a surge in Covid-19 cases is quite likely," the...
President Duterte said that his intelligence funds had been depleted due to the Covid-19 pandemic saying government troops had to use what they had because of the situation. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Overseas Filipino...
If vaccines have expiration dates, then vaccine cards should do too. This was the call of medical experts to the government in a bid to hasten booster vaccinations across the country due to waning immunity and amid reports of new variants of Covid-19. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 10 is now cleared of active cases of Covid-19, the City Health Office declared on Thursday, April 7. BJMP-10 conducts orientation on April 4 to newly-committed PDLs after completing the 14-days quarantine, as to the...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) Giving incentives and imposing certain restrictions can help encourage more people to get inoculated instead of making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory, said Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Concepcion made the suggestion amid the low...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has underscored anew the Philippines' potential to become a major player in the wind power sector. Bangui windmills in Ilocos Norte (Photo from Wikimedia Commons) "We have the potential to be a major wind power producer in the world. Our unique topography is...
DepEd, along with sole local partner SM Supermalls and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently concluded the BIDA Kid Program—a campaign tasked to relay anti-COVID-19 safety reminders following the expansion of face to face classes. Held at the SM Mall of Asia...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced that 11 barangays in the city are now free from Covid-19 based on the report by the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) and the City Health Office (CHO) on Wednesday, April 6. Olivarez said the remaining communities with Covid-19 cases are...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto expressed hope that the country's economy, as well as the economy of its localities, will further improve as the city continues to allow more businesses and establishments to open under Alert Level 1. Sotto said that in 2020, the Philippines' Real Gross Domestic Product...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, April 7, revealed their plans to "Covid-proof" the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Included in the plan of the poll body is the creation of a medical advisory board. Comelec Commissioner Aimee Neri said this is to "provide additional support in...
An uptick or resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila may occur due to waning vaccine immunity, an OCTA Research fellow warned on Thursday, April 7. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a health forum held by the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), presented projections indicating that a...
