ft.com Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have already submitted an authorization request to the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clear their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for use in children aged five to 11 years old. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that...
To combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19), especially now that the holiday season is fast approaching, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is pushing for regular reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing and COVID-19 vaccination. (PRC/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “We are at war...
As the country implements measures to prevent the entry of the Omicron variant, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar assured local government units (LGUs) of the administration's support in fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO)...
Organizing your company’s Christmas party in Taguig? You may need to apply for a permit to hold it. The Taguig City government through its Taguig Safe City Task Force issued Advisory No. 60 on “Updated Guidelines for Certain Activities and Businesses during the Holiday Season under the General...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Could it really be? That as we edge past the one year and three-quarters mark of living under the shadow of COVID, and we finally seem to be basking in the light at the end of the tunnel; we could actually go nostalgic for all that has transpired...
ULAN BATOR -- Mongolia's Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed 284 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 386,384. Two of the latest confirmed cases were imported from abroad, and the remaining ones were local transmissions, the ministry said. Meanwhile,...
NEW DELHI -- India's capital New Delhi on Saturday recorded the second case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 that came from Zimbabwe, confirmed Delhi's health department. According to the patient's travel history, he had traveled to South Africa recently. The patient has been admitted to the...
Almost a year after it happened the first time, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said that the Philippines "dropped the ball again" and missed out on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine donations from the United States. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang)...
MB/ FILE PHOTO The Department of Health (DOH) reported 356 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, Dec. 11. The new cases pushed the Philippines' cumulative total to 2,836,360, of which 11,373 are active cases or those who are still being treated. Of the currently ill patients, 4,328 were experiencing...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently coordinating with the vaccine manufacturers if there is a possibility to extend the shelf-life of their respective vaccines which have already expired or are near expiry. “Ito pong mga bakuna na na-expire at to...
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 that no deaths have been linked yet to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines since the government started its inoculation...
The results of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) study on the use of saliva as an alternative specimen for the detection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV- 2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), may be out next year, the...
