Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said at least 65 million individuals in the Philippines have already completed their primary vaccination series against Covid-19. "Sa...
K-pop boy band ASTRO member and actor Cha Eun-woo has tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea grapples with a surge in new daily cases due to the spread of the Omicron variant. “Today (18th), ASTRO artist Cha Eun-woo conducted a preemptive rapid antigen test due to poor condition and...
(KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) To ease the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 and other emergencies, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continued to strengthen its initiatives to support the society’s most vulnerable and marginalized individuals, particularly...
More than two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country in 2020, the Philippine Army (PA) launched an integrated information system on Thursday, March 17, to organize its efforts to curb the coronavirus in the military organization. Major Melanie Sibayan, executive officer of...
The elderly in areas under an Alert Level 1 status may now safely go outdoors as long as they observe and properly practice minimum public health standards, a health expert said on Friday, March 18. “Older persons may safely go out in Level 1 areas, whether they are frail or robust, but it is...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography on Friday, March 18 urged the Filipino public anew to get vaccinated after the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force Against Covid-19 revealed that some Filipinos have been turning...
More than 100,000 foreign tourists have visited the Philippines since the national government opened the country's borders to 157 visa-free nations last month, the Department of Tourism (DOT) revealed Friday, March 18. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded on Friday, March 18, a total of 17 new Covid-19 cases among its personnel, the highest since about three weeks ago. (Courtesy of PNP Police Regional 8) A situation report released by the PNP information office showed that the total number of active...
Religious processions during the celebration of Lent and Holy Week will still be not allowed in the Diocese of Antipolo. Photo Diocese of Antipolo FB Antipolo Bishop Francisco De Leon made this clarification in a letter addressed to priests in his diocese. He cited the following as reasons why...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Moderna announced Thursday it had asked the United States drug regulator for emergency authorization for a second booster shot of the company's Covid-19 vaccine for all adults. The request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would "allow for a fourth dose of...
BEIJING, China – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday the country will "stick with" its zero-Covid strategy, state TV reported, as the world's most populous nation battles its largest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The country where the virus emerged in late 2019 has...
A total of 39 contact tracers (CTs) in Isabela were recently rehired and re-oriented on the latest Covid-19 health protocols issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, March 18....
