NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 39,237,264 on Sunday, as 333,533 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. This is the fourth consecutive day when over 300,000 new cases were registered in a day in the...
Senatorial aspirant and retired police general Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar urged the national government to consider allocating special risk allowance to security guards and maintenance personnel of hospitals and other medical facilities that are being used to treat patients of the coronavirus...
An official of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) urged the public to get vaccinated amid the continuous increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country. (File Photo / National Ant-Poverty Commission) NAPC Undersecretary Penelope Belmonte joined the call and urged the...
The “underreporting” of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines is a serious matter and may affect the decision on whether to downgrade or upgrade the country’s alert level, a public health expert said in a radio interview on Sunday, Jan. 23. (Manila Bulletin File Photo)...
The Municipality of Binangonan has urged its residents to get their COVID booster shots as an added protection against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to a Facebook post of the office of Mayor Cesar Ynares, it said that residents who are fully vaccinated for the past three months are...
The Quezon City government announced on Saturday, Jan. 22 that the city has recorded a total of 36,821 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients were admitted to Hope Community Caring Facilities from March 2020 to December 2021. Hope 2 Korphil led the list with the biggest number of COVID-19 patients...
To clear all doubts, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. finally clarified Saturday night, Jan. 22, that walk-ins are now allowed to get their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in pharmacies and private sector clinics. Economic frontliner Mario Jazul receives his booster shot from nurse Karen...
DOH The Philippines on Sunday, Jan. 23, announced 29,828 more cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Majority of the fresh cases were still detected in the National Capital Region, Calabarzon, and Central Luzon, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest case update. So far, the country...
A total of 4, 842,498 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were deployed in Quezon City as of Saturday, Jan. 22. According to the data released by the City Health Department (QCHD) on Saturday, a total of 2,125,226 individuals are fully vaccinated, which is 85.91 percent of its 2.4 million target for both...
Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated some P150-million worth of fake COVID-19 antigen test kits, face masks, medicines as well as counterfeit products during a raid in a warehouse on Friday, Jan. 21 in a warehouse in Manila. The operation led to the arrest of the storage owner, a...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. enumerated on Saturday night, Jan. 22, at least three reasons why the vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) slowed down in the past few weeks. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Galvez said the destruction brought by typhoon “Odette,”...
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 “accidents” may occur during the conduct of vaccination. This was the reminder of DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire...
