The Philippines has surpassed its highest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations in a single day after administering over 659,000 jabs. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon said Wednesday, July 28, that the...
If there is an emerging consensus among scientists and health experts on going into a pre-emptive lockdown, the Duterte government should listen and act decisively, senators said on Wednesday. "First, government should listen to scientists, the ones who matter. Join them in making the prescription....
(Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP / FILE PHOTO) OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said that hospitals in Metro Manila may reach their full capacity by the middle of August if the government does not implement stricter quarantine measures amid the detection of the Delta variant of...
BACOOR, Cavite - Eight close contacts of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant patient in Addas 2C in Barangay Molino II tested positive for the virus, Mayor Lani M. Revilla said on Wednesday (July 28). "Yung unang kaso sa Addas 2C, we quarantined all of them, we placed them in a...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año urged the public on Wednesday, July 28, to undertake maximum precautionary measures amid the rising number of Delta variant of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in the country. In an interview over ABS-CBN...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Twenty-five out of the 72 local cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus were found in Metro Manila, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the said cases, 10 were found in the City of Manila, seven in Pasig City, two cases in San Juan, while one...
Senators on Wednesday, July 28, said local governments could just impose targeted lockdowns in areas with more coronavirus infections than placing anew the entire National Capital Region (NCR) under a stricter quarantine. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in...
The spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, July 28, confirmed that she met last week with Senator Panfilo Lacson to speak about bringing the “broadest possible unity” ahead of the 2022 national elections. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Panfilo Lacson (OVP/Albert...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) is not yet recommending to the government to grant coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots to healthcare workers. VEP chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani maintained that the panel is still carefully studying the use of booster jabs, considering its...
Malacañang said it was not diminishing the efforts of Vice President Leni Robredo to help Filipinos during the coronavirus pandemic, noting that all contributions were highly appreciated. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo (Manila Bulletin File Photos)...
People form a long line leading to a community pantry in Manila in this photo taken in April 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) urged the public to strictly obey the different health protocols amid the threat of the more contagious Delta variant of...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Wednesday that he is in favor of imposing a stricter quarantine status in Metro Manila to mitigate the spread of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora Zamora, in an interview with CNN Philippines, said the Metro...