Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said people should get vaccinated amid the threat of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Department of Health (DOH) detected two Omicron variant cases in the Philippines last Dec. 14. ...
Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is checking reports of possible COVID-19 vaccine wastage in areas affected by typhoon Odette. “In terms of the wastage, we are trying to get more reports,” said DOH Undersecretary...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government has recorded zero new COVID-19 infections as the count of its active cases remained at four as of Dec. 18 Rubiano said the four active cases in Barangay 40, 101,183 and 197 are strictly being monitored by doctors and nurses from the City...
K-pop boy band Verivery cancelled the remaining shows of their first ever US tour as one member tested positive in Ohio. “Yongseung of Verivery has been tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec.17th (18th in Korea). Yongseung was immediately separated from other members and staff, and has started...
The Muntinlupa City government reported that 96 percent of the city’s target population is now fully vaccinated. Latest data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of Dec. 16, a total of 366,023 individuals in Muntinlupa have been vaccinated or 96 percent of the target city...
By Cherrylin Caacbay Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital (JJASGH) received on Thursday, Dec. 16, eight additional mega tents from various organizations and officials for COVID-19 patients. Manila City Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna, Congressman Yul Servo Nieto, and JJASGH Director Merle...
(PIXABAY) The government's One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) said it is receiving at least 200 calls per day amid the decreasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. OHCC Officer Dr. Marylaine Padlan said they were receiving a “mixture” of calls every day. “So, iyon po...
President Duterte said the government is still trying to raise the needed money to help the people affected by typhoon "Odette", since most of the country's funds were funneled to its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response efforts. President Duterte leads the virtual briefing on the effects of...
Recognizing the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on education, the Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing to develop a policy on the learning environment post-COVID. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon. (Courtesy of OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province...
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- Mongolia's Health Ministry reported on Friday that no COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in the country over the past 24 hours for the first time since April 4. So far, the viral disease has claimed a total of 1,968 lives since its first case was confirmed in March...
NEW DELHI, India -- Ten new cases of the Omicron variant were logged in India's capital Friday, taking the country's case tally of the new variant to 98. "Ten new cases of Omicron variant reported in Delhi, taking the total number of cases of the new variant here to 20," Delhi's local health...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Infection rates are soaring across South Africa as a result of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but fewer people have died or required hospital treatment compared to previous waves of Covid, health officials said Friday. On Wednesday, South Africa recorded the...
