K-pop boy band The Boyz’s Younghoon, former Sistar member Hyolyn and WEi’s Kim Dong-han, Yoo Yong-ha and Kang Seok-hwa tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as South Korea tallied 13,102 new cases on Jan. 26, the highest daily total since the pandemic started in 2020. (Clockwise...
A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people crossing the overpass days after Metro Manila has been placed under a stricter GCQ ahead of a two-week ECQ from August 6 to 20, 2021. (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines recorded 15,789 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
ft.com The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech has 91 percent efficacy in children aged five to 11 years old, a member of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) said on Wednesday, Jan. 26. “The vaccine efficacy for the adolescents age group (12 to...
The total number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Muntinlupa has dropped by more than 1,700 in a single day while new cases decreased by more than 300. According to data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), the active cases in Muntinlupa totaled 3,237 on Jan. 25, a...
Malacañang said the leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will really have to do more to convince their constituents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 61654 Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after President Duterte...
Malacañang said that the government's pandemic task force is "open" to having another round of discussions in an attempt to bring down again the prices of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests. (MB file photo) Last December, the Department of Health (DOH) set price caps of P2,800 for plate-based and...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon announced on Wednesday, Jan. 26 its partnership with eCommerce platform Lazada who is supporting the organization's Bakuna Bus program (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) “With the current Omicron...
There will be no deadlines, synchronous classes nor meetings on the start of the University of the Philippines' (UP) second semester for Academic Year 2021-2022. (Photo courtesy of the UP OVVPA-MPRO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a post by the All U.P. Academic Employees Union, it said on Tuesday, Jan. 25...
Malacañang said the government's pandemic task force is currently monitoring several cities and provinces outside the National Capital Region (NCR) because of the rise of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases being observed in the said areas. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) Cabinet...
An official of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) assured on Wednesday, Jan. 26, that it's safe to vaccinate kids aged 5 to 11 years against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over DZBB, PMS President Dr. Benito Atienza stressed kids will...
Social Security System (SSS) members who cannot work due to sickness, injury, and including those who contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are qualified for sickness benefits, the state-run insurance agency announced. (Unsplash) SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio...
The Pasig City local government announced on Tuesday, Jan. 25, that it has seen a huge decrease in its active COVID-19 cases after tallying 479 active cases on Jan. 24, from 3,008 cases on Jan. 23. In a post on its official Facebook page, the local government unit (LGU) said that the drastic...
