A group of nurses has batted for separate isolation wards for health workers to allow medical frontliners to be treated or isolated. A nurse checks on a patient who has recovered from COVID-19 as he donates plasma (Maria Tan / AFP/Getty Images / MANILA BULLETIN) "Dapat po yung mga ospital natin,...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday, April 26, said the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) imposed in Metro Manila and nearby provinces should be extended for another week or two. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) The government is expected to decide this week on...
Simple oral hygiene measures could help lower the risk of transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the mouth to the lungs, a study found. Representative photo of a mouthwash (Pixabay) The research, published in the Journal of Oral Medicine and Dental Research on April 20, revealed that...
The stock market’s performance this week is seen to largely hinge on signs indicating if the government will decide to ease or extend existing quarantine measures as the number of new COVID-19 cases seems to have eased but still remained high. “Investors are expected to look towards the...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Barring hitches, we in the city of Manila are looking forward to having a hospital that will cater exclusively to COVID-19 patients suffering from mild to moderate symptoms, two months from now. I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna, after a 72-hour brainstorming...
The government's pandemic task force is set to take another look at the healthcare system of the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area before deciding on its quarantine classification for the month of May. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
(Clockwise from top left) Kang Daniel, D-Crunch, Jun of U-KISS, DKB, BAE173 and OnlyOneOf (Twitter / Instagram) Following confirmation that two members of K-pop boy band D-Crunch have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), other members of the group and artists who have appeared on...
For Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, the biggest contributor to the country’s waste management problem isn't plastic; rather, it's the people who claim that they are allies of the environment, but actually aren't. "Our main problem here in the...
The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the country is nearing the one-million mark. DOH/MB On Sunday, April 25, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 8,162 new COVID cases bringing the total number of cases to 997,523. The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 20,509 new...
As senior citizens are considered as one of the most vulnerable in this time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, 72-year-old Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is not one to back down from any fight, not even against the deadly disease. Lorenzana announced Sunday, April 25, that he has...
Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera has recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). CBCP/MB Fr. Jazz Siapco of the archdiocese’s social action ministry said that Garcera has already tested negative from COVID-19 but he still needs to rest for his continued recovery. “The archbishop can’t...
A coronavirus disease (COVID-19) survivor recalled Sunday, April 25, her “staycation” at the Philippine Red Cross' (PRC) Ateneo Hope 8 Isolation Facility. red cross "Actually sobrang okay po yung stay ko dun parang nagstaycation lang po ako actually. Sobrang maayos po sya, masaya naman. Kung...
