To raise the number of people who have received their third dose of Covid-19 shot, the national government is planning to make booster vaccination mandatory and having a booster card as an additional requirement in various establishments. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File...
The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 has been further expanded as the national government now allows the inoculation of employees in their workplaces. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks during the launching of the "Jabs in Job Sites" vaccination campaign against Covid-19 at the...
The national government will conduct the fourth National Vaccination Days against Covid-19 on March 10 to 12 to increase the inoculation rate which has seen a “dramatic decline” since last month. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the government's vaccination drive against...
Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged various countries around the world including the Philippines, the health sector learned a lot in terms of response and is now more prepared to confront future contagions, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, March 8. A local...
Two more members of K-pop idol group Seventeen have been diagnosed with Covid-19 as South Korea continues to battle the surge of cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. South Korea recorded 202,721 new Covid-19 cases on March 8 to bring the total confirmed cases to 4.86 million,...
More K-pop stars have tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea recorded 210,176 new cases on March 7 due to the Omicron variant to push the total confirmed cases to 4.66 million. Among those who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 include two members of K-pop boy band Astro, Hyuna, Kwanghee and...
The country registered the lowest rate in terms of its daily new confirmed Covid-19 cases per million people among five of its Southeast Asian neighbors, the Department of Health said on Monday, March 7. SHAH ALAM, Feb. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man for...
More than a month after battling the Covid-19 variant Omicron, the country has returned to minimal risk-case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, March 7. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during the President's late...
Health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon expressed his disfavor following the Department of Health’s (DOH) decision to release a “weekly” Covid-19 case bulletin in contrast to its usual daily case reports....
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,297 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, March 7, the first day of its implementation of its weekly case bulletin. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the...
HAVANA, Cuba -- The number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths in Cuba has continued to fall in the past week as more than half of the country's population has received an additional Covid-19 vaccine dose. It comes as the Caribbean nation on Sunday registered 482 coronavirus cases and one more...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) A fellow of the OCTA Research Group on Monday, March 7, said the decline in new Covid-19 cases in the country has slowed down but that cases could still drop to around 300 to 500 per day by the end of the month. "Patuloy pa rin nating nakikita na bumababa iyong...
