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Filipinos in Shanghai infected by the coronavirus and those affected by the lockdown amid the surge of new cases are being assisted by the Chinese government, the Philippine Consulate in China said Wednesday, April 27.

Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced the rollout of the second booster shot for immunocompromised individuals against Covid-19 on Wednesday, April 27.

Help will soon reach Filipino communities in China, particularly in Jilin, amid the lockdowns enforced in various areas due to the surge of new Covid-19 cases, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

K-pop superstars BTS will attend and perform at the 64th Grammy Awards to be held on April 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The terms “lockdown” and “alert level” became household utterances under President Duterte’s administration. Now, his daughter wants to help put an end to these notions.

Parents were urged by aspiring vice president Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan to trust the experts and have their kids vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Close to 40 vehicles intended to transport coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were donated by the South Korean government to the Philippines.

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said placing the country under the least restrictive alert level 1 by March is key to more tourism activities that would translate to small businesses’ recovery.

Only the health experts can say when the country would witness the end of the coronavirus pandemic, acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said.

More than 3.4 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recently donated by the United States (US) to the Philippines.

The Pasay City government said on that only 21 out of the 201 barangays in the city remain with active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Some 16,000 units of antigen test kits were donated by the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel to the Philippines to help in its pandemic response.

Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also the chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), said the economy can now slowly recover under Alert Level 2 as the operational capacity of businesses in the National Capital Region increases from 30 to 50 percent.

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina registered 96,652 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 7,029,624, the Ministry of Health said Saturday.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Quezon City will be locked down until Jan. 23.

A batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine intended for children aged 5 to 11 years old is expected to be delivered from the United States (US) to the Philippines by the third week of January, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said.

Malacañang has appealed to the three million unvaccinated senior citizens in the country to finally get vaccinated as they remain at high-risk for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The long queue of individuals wanting to avail themselves of the free antigen test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Office of the Vice President’s “Swab Cab” in Quezon City on Monday, Jan. 10, indicates the importance of free testing, Vice President Leni Robredo said.