A public health expert urged the public to consider upgrading to medical-grade masks and to ‘mask up’ in public indoor spaces amid the increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country. File Photo / Unsplash In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Jan. 11, public health expert and...
Caloocan City's COVID-19 active cases have already breached the 1,000-mark. The city recorded a total of 1,068 active cases on Monday, Jan. 10, which is 364 cases higher than the 704 listed on Jan. 7. The report, which was released by the city's Health Department (CHD) and Epidemiology and...
Taguig City ranked sixth among local government units (LGUs) in the country with the highest new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research released the list of LGUs with the most number of new cases for Jan. 10. Taguig recorded 1,033 new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 10,...
Around 90 million Filipinos are targeted to be inoculated by the national government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the end of second quarter of 2022 or in June, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday night, Jan. 10. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. During the “Talk to the...
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit is doubling its effort at contact tracing after all of the city’s 201 barangays recorded a number of individuals afflicted with COVID-19. The barangays with the highest number of COVID-19 cases are 183 with 322, and 201 with 163. Based on the...
A Catholic prelate has appealed to the government to prioritize the issuance of RT PCR tests of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Bishop Ruperto Santos (CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Tuesday, Jan. 11, Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos said the slow and delayed release of the RT...
Korina Sanchez recently drew flak over a post about being COVID-free. The original post read: "IMAGINE. Lahat nagka covid na. Ako never pa. And Im ALL OVER. Thank you, Lord. Sadya akong pinagpala kase dami ko tinutulungan?” This didn't sit well with impersonator-online content creator Ate Dick...
More than 40 parishes in the Archdiocese of Manila are currently temporarily closed. Archdiocese of Manila FB The Archdiocese of Manila Ministry on Health Care said some parishes closed due to priests and church personnel testing positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Others closed as a...
Spreading fake news that her free teleconsultation program Bayanihan E-Konsulta is asking for voter information from patients is “unforgivable” as it seeks to discredit an initiative that aims to help the needy during these trying times, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday, Jan. 11....
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and opposition senatorial bet Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Tuesday, Jan. 11, called on the Duterte government to provide free mass testing to Filipinos as the country suffers from the worst surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections. Vice...
The Valenzuela City government has closed several health centers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge. According to the local government, doctors and health personnel assigned to the closed health centers will be deployed to vaccination sites and isolation sites in the coming days....
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday urged local government units (LGUs) to extend the deadline for payment for real property tax and business permits to avoid influx of taxpayers amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country. Binay made the appeal after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 33,169...
