The Eastern Police District (EPD) District Mobile Force Battalion (DMFB) opened on Wednesday, Jan. 19, a temporary quarantine facility for personnel who may become infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Headed by DMFB officer-in-charge Lt. Col. Hendrix B. Mangaldan, the Kalingang Sinaglaya...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 19, a total of 22,958 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the lowest in the past week. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) This is even lower than...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday defended the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) move to implement the “no vaccine, no ride” policy in Metro Manila despite the public’s uproar against it. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, also said he would...
As it prepares for the expansion phase of limited face-to-face classes in basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to include learners in other grade levels in the limited in-person sessions. Pilot face-to-face classes at Mother of Good Counsel Seminary in San Fernando,...
An infectious disease expert cautioned the public against using the term "mild" to describe the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Infectious disease expert Dr. Edsel Salvana took to Facebook to dissipate misinformation and give a reality check...
Celebrating lives lost to this ongoing pandemic By Ortrud Ting-Yao Last October 2021, I lost an aunt, a cousin, and an uncle, all to COVID-19. I could not understand why things were happening, and why they were taken away from us in a span of 12 days. COVID-19 hit the family hard. I couldn't...
The Tala Hospital in Caloocan City is seeing a "slight" decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admission, an official of the hospital said Wednesday, Jan. 19. "Medyo maluwag na ho kami ngayon, two weeks ago medyo mataas ho yung aming admission rate per day, nasa 25 to 30 admissions. Sa ngayon,...
Never let your guard down With the alarming news of people getting infected with COVID-19 being reported and shared between friends and family, it can get quite daunting to find out that it's possible you might not be 100 percent safe—even at home where it's supposed to be a place that protects...
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) said more recoveries from COVID-19 are being recorded in the city with cases down to 1,205 from Monday's 1,858. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Pasay City PIO file photo) Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city’s intensified contact tracing and...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in the biggest drugstores and clinic networks in the country will officially kick off on Thursday, Jan. 20, according to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19. A mercury drug store on Quirino Avenue in Manila sets up chairs and tables on...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 19 two deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron. Omicron variant of COVID-19 DOH sais that both deaths were aged more than 60 years, unvaccinated, and had pre-existing medical conditions. "While Omicron mostly presents...
Malacañang said the government will strive to reach its self-imposed target of vaccinating 77 million adults against the coronavirus (COVID-19) before the much-awaited May 9, 2022 elections. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles being interviewed by anchor Cheryl Cosim for One PH's 'One Balita...
