Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced that barely 61 days before Christmas, her wish to achieve herd immunity for the city was granted with 99.9 percent Las Pineros given their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and 90.6 percent who are fully vaccinated. Aguilar said the two key factors in achieving herd...
The government's pandemic task force announced that public and private cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbariums in the entire country will be closed from October 29 to November 2 to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 41159 Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
As COVID-19 infections in the country start to wane, government must take this opportunity in prioritizing mental health issues that have confronted Filipinos as a result of the pandemic. Rep. Florida Robes2 San Jose del Monte Rep. Florida “Rida” P. Robes aired this call as she noted a growing...
The national government is now preparing to administer the third dose or booster shots of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to eligible priority groups and recipients will now be allowed to choose what brand they prefer. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed by Sec. Carlito...
Three million doses of Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 on Sunday night, Oct. 24 -- marking the 100th shipment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots received by the country. Three million doses of Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19...
Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan on Monday, Oct. 25 inspected the city's five district hospitals as the city government begins its mass vaccination for minors with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 years old. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The vice mayor inspected five district hospitals in...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday said the government should include private schools in its plans to resume limited face-to-face classes. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said private schools have the capacity to invest in health protocols and have...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) trends are still going down despite having over 1,000 cases per day over the past few days, independent research group OCTA said in its monitoring on Monday, Oct. 25. "Are cases rising in the NCR (National Capital Region)?...
The government should decentralize and liberalize vaccination efforts in light of the logistics problem that could result to wastage or expiration of vaccine doses in the country, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, October 24. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Speaking during her...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) posted 5,279 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections on Sunday, Oct. 24. The new cases brought the total number of active COVID-19 cases nationwide to 60,957. Based on the latest case bulletin, 77.5 percent of the active cases were mild, 6.1 percent were...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed all the provincial government to distribute the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to their localities within three days upon receipt of the doses in a bid to prevent them from expiring. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, October 24, asked the national government and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to give local government units (LGU) more time as they adjust to the new COVID-19 alert level system being piloted in several...
