As the government moves to boost the country's vaccination rate against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang has encouraged those who are not yet vaccinated to participate in the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" program, the nationwide simultaneous vaccination drive from November 29 to December...
Deputy House Speaker Loren Legarda donated 500 Moderna vaccines to the city government during its regular flag raising ceremony on Monday, Nov. 22. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano thanked Legarda for the donation, saying it is a big help in the city's fight against COVID-19. Rubiano told City Hall...
The San Juan City local government opened on Monday, Nov. 22, the registration for booster COVID-19 shots to health care workers, senior citizens, and persons with comorbidities. The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Sunday, Nov. 21, that fully vaccinated senior citizens and immunocompromised...
A total of 114,570 out of 125,082 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) were inoculated against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) as of Nov. 21. The figure represents 91 percent vaccinated PDLs, according to BJMP chief Director Allan Iral....
Official poster of the Bayanihan Bakunahan for the National COVID-19 Vaccination Days. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Information and Communications Technology) The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is encouraging Filipinos, especially the medical, nursing and...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The independent research group OCTA is still not seeing a sustained increase in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, as the country registered a -32 percent COVID growth rate over the past week. "I don't see a rise in cases. Even with...
The San Juan City local government announced on Monday, Nov. 22, that its active COVID-19 cases dropped to its lowest since the pandemic started in 2020. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said that as of Nov. 21, there are now only 29 active COVID-19 cases in the city, equivalent to a 97 percent...
The Antipolo City local government announced on Monday, Nov. 22, that it will give discounts to residents who are going to pay in advance their Real Property Tax (RPT) for 2022 in its bid to further help them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the local government unit (LGU), those who will...
By Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit MD, MSc, Former Secretary of Health Many of us have lost loved ones, friends, or acquaintances to COVID-19. Just this month, I lost a medical school classmate who is an ENT surgeon. On the other hand, I have classmates and friends who battled COVID and survived. The spectre...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Good news from Muntinlupa City. The city continues to record a steady decline in the local COVID-19 active cases. From Oct. 1 to Nov. 18, the number of active cases dropped by 93 percent from 988 to 68. To date, there have been 27,554 confirmed cases in Muntinlupa...
A minor receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Lakeshore in Taguig City on Nov. 2, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday that senior citizens and select immunocompromised individuals can get their booster shots or third dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
DOH The Philippines recorded an additional 2,227 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, Nov. 21. From Nov. 11 to 20, the Philippines had recorded less than 2,000 cases. The last time that the country recorded over 2,000 cases was on Nov. 10 with...
