LUANDA -- Angola's Minister of State Francisco Furtado on Wednesday said Angola is facing the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and a circulation of a new variant in the country is very likely due to the sharp increase of new cases registered in the past five days. Speaking at the daily COVID-19...
Quezon City is one of the cities in the National Capital Region categorized as “very low risk” for COVID-19, according to OCTA Research Group report. OCTA said that from Dec. 14 to 20, the average number of daily new cases per day in Quezon City was down to 15 from 20 cases the previous week....
DOH Another 288 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Dec. 23. The country's running tally is now at 2,837,903. Of this figure, 9,251 patients are still sick, the DOH said. “Of the 288 reported cases today, 241 (84 percent) occurred...
The Caloocan City government announced on Thursday, Dec.23, that all COVID-19 vaccination sites in the city will be closed during the holidays. The sites will not conduct vaccinations on Dec. 25, 26, 30,31, Jan. 1 and 2, 2022. Vaccinations will resume on Dec. 27 to 29, and on Jan. 3 Residents who...
Molnupiravir (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill developed by pharmaceutical company MSD (also known as Merck). “Ito po yung Molnupiravir na ang kaniyang brand...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III reminded residents to limit their “pamamasko,” or going from house to house for gifts on Christmas Day due to the pandemic and that the firecracker ban is still implemented in the municipality. In a live broadcast on Facebook, Ponce said this is to prevent the...
LAGUNA – The provincial government recognized its top-performing local government units (LGU) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination efforts from March 1 to December 17. Cabuyao City was awarded as the Top Performing City, with 99.90 percent of its target population inoculated with...
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to suspend the sale of flight and bus tickets for the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) after a cluster of possible cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was detected in Singapore, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday. The suspension...
TOKYO -- Japan reported its most likely first community spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Osaka Prefecture on Wednesday, with one infected person having traveled overseas recently and three family members being infected through unknown sources. A man in his 30s with a recent history of...
For those who do not relish the thought of using face shields again while out in public, don't fret. President Rodrigo Duterte tries on a face shield. (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles clarified on Wednesday, Dec. 22 that President Duterte's...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed 310 new COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. The NCOC, a department leading the country's campaign against the pandemic, said the country had confirmed overall 1,292,047...
Photo taken at Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, Davao del Norte in June 2021 (DepEd Philippines Facebook page) Recognizing the impact brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on children, the Department of Education (DepEd) reaffirmed its commitment to protect and...
