An infectious disease expert on Saturday, July 31, stressed the importance of vaccination as a document released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the more transmissible Delta variant is as "contagious as chickenpox." (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) The CDC...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to maintain cleanliness in the police stations and offices as part of the lines of defense amid the threat of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Eleazar issued the...
A university-based research group first broached the idea of a “circuit-breaker lockdown” against the Delta variant that is known to be “more transmissible, potentially deadlier, and can spread quickly faster.” The Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship, speaking on behalf of the private...
The Israeli medical experts who arrived on July 26, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) Medical experts from Israel advised the Philippines not to think for now of using coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots and focus first in vaccinating its eligible population. “Our main...
The Delta variant is here. The Department of Health (DOH) reported the first two cases of the Delta variant (B1617.2) in the Philippines last May 11, from returning overseas Filipino workers, and the first 1 1 local cases last July 16. On Thursday, July 29, the DOH recorded 97 new cases of Delta...
Three more dioceses in Metro Manila have suspended their public masses. Photo courtesy Diocese of Novaliches The Dioceses of Cubao, Novaliches, and Paranaque announced the suspension of public masses in all their parishes and chapels from July 31 to August 20 in separate posts on Facebook Friday,...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) A health reform advocate has urged to government to boost coronavirus testing, contact tracing, and vaccination in Metro Manila as the region will go into another round of lockdown due to the threat of the Delta variant. “While we are on ECQ (Enhance...
A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus vaccine during the inoculative drive at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines has called on...
Janno Gibbs was forced to explain himself with many expressing dismay over his recent social media post seemingly criticizing the government's vaccination program. On Instagram, the singer wrote: “I'm sorry for my #basurabakuna statement. I should have explained it. I do not question the efficacy...
DOH/MB The country reported 8,562 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Friday, July 30--the highest single-day tally in seven weeks. The last time that the Philippines recorded at least 8,000 cases was last July 12 with 8,027 new infections. Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines...
The government is not inclined to suspend the vaccination of people living in Metro Manila when the capital region shifts to the most restrictive lockdown next month. A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman...
(PIXABAY) The Department of Health (DOH) said that eight coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients with the Delta variant in the Philippines have died. The DOH said that six of the fatalities were local cases, while the two others were returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). Of the six local cases, two...
