In its continued battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has tested nearly five million Filipinos, it said on Monday, Nov. 29. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) As of Monday, the PRC said that it has conducted 4,985,940 tests. "We have been here since the...
An estimated 2.4 million individuals were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on the first day of the national vaccination drive on Monday, Nov. 30, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. But Año emphasized that the figure is not...
Clemence Botino (Miss Universe Organization Photo) Miss France Clemence Botino has revealed she cried all day after she was tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Israel where she will compete at the 70th Miss Universe Pageant. "I'm writing because I have been crying all day. This morning,...
The Navotas City government has started the COVID-19 booster shots rollout for individuals under the A2 (senior citizens), and A3 (persons with comorbidities) categories on Monday, Nov.29. “We need to expedite the rollout of boosters to our most vulnerable sectors, especially now that we are...
President Duterte says he's inclined to approve a proposal to make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory among Filipinos, should the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) come up with one. President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a Cabinet member’s presentation during his ‘Talk...
President Duterte hinted on Monday night, Nov. 29 that there's a certain female undersecretary who doesn't want to get vaccinated from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a Cabinet member's presentation during his 'Talk to the People" public briefing on Nov. 29,...
As part of its role to conduct genomic biosurveillance, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said that it will check samples from early November with the threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) "So far we...
A firsthand experience CLINICAL MATTERS Got the booster! My primary vaccine series was Sinovac, and I was given a Pfizer booster. I was the second person to get vaccinated with Sinovac in the Philippines, right after PGH director Gerardo Legaspi. Since I got my first dose last March 1, 2021 and my...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It’s a pandemic within a pandemic, and it’s an urgent issue that we ought to focus on especially because November is National Children’s Month. A recent World Bank (WB) study said that childhood under-nutrition, long considered to be a...
Ninety-five percent of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) workers have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Monday, Nov. 29, GSIS President and General Manager Rolando Ledesma Macasaet said a total of 4,361 of 4,581 GSIS...
President Duterte has left it to the government's pandemic task force to decide whether or not to make the use of face shields mandatory again as a precautionary measure against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) File photo of President Duterte wearing a face shield....
The government's pandemic task force has decided to retain the classification of Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) under alert level 2 amid concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "The Inter-Agency Task...
