The government's pandemic task force is set to discuss Metro Manila's possible deescalation to Alert Level 2 for the first half of February 2022 and will make the announcement on the weekend. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday called on authorities to consider granting an incentive to all pharmacists who are now helping in the national government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, lauded the pharmacists who have...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID) From a risk classification of "severe outbreak" last week, Metro Manila is now at a "high risk" level for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), based on the internationally-developed COVID Act Now indicators used by OCTA Research Group. In a tweet on Wednesday, Jan. 26, OCTA Research...
WeKenRun community members share stories of survival, success, and synergy amid COVID-19 WeKenRun members with coach Ken Mendola For most of us, the new year opens doors for fresh beginnings, giving us a ray of hope especially during these difficult times brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. One...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) As coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases steadily decline across the region, a fellow of the independent research group OCTA projected that daily cases in Metro Manila will further go down to 500 by Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. Citing the data from the Department of Health,...
The national government is creating ways to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Unsplash)...
Please don't get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news or updates from "Marites". (Ben White/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this appeal Tuesday, Jan. 25 as he--for the nth time--tried to dispell misleading information about COVID-19 that's being...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has made an aggressive pitch for the government to return to "pre-Omicron" protocols, especially when it comes to arriving international travelers. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “We should revert back to...
The Las Piñas City government has already vaccinated a total of 46,827 minors aged 12 to 17. Citing the data of the City Health Office (CHO), Mayor Imelda Aguilar said out of the total number of fully vaccinated minors, 2,576 belong to A3 category (with comorbidities) while 44,251 are physically...
The Quezon City government has allowed walk-in COVID-19 vaccination at the malls in the city. According to the Facebook post of the city government, individuals may go to the QC ProtekTODO booths inside the malls, where they will be given a walk-in stub which indicates the time of their...
Over 700,000 doses of “pediatric” Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are set to arrive on Jan. 31, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The delivery of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 17,677 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Jan. 25. DOH/MB According to the agency, all labs were operational on January 23, 2022. However, 6 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). "Based on...
