The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has moved the opening of classes to Aug. 12 in light of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) declaration for Metro Manila due to the rising coronavirus cases (COVID-19) in the region. University of Santo Tomas (Photo from ust.edu.ph/ MANILA BULLETIN) The...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday, August 2, said he supports the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) as a preemptive response to prevent the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant. Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go and President...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano advised the public to be prepared for the impending lockdown of the National Capital Region (NCR). From Aug. 6 to 20, the NCR will be placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest level. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano (Screenshot from Taguig City...
More areas have shifted community quarantine classifications for the first half of the month following the recent surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. File photo (Maria Tan/AFP) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced that Cebu Province was now placed under general community...
DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of people calling the government's One Hospital Command Center to seek medical assistance is rising once again amid the threat of the Delta variant of coronavirus, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. The One...
With the continuous spread of the far more threatening Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed Sunday, August 1, that more personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be dispatched on the streets ahead of...
A doctor on Sunday, August 1, urged the public to get vaccinated with any vaccine brand available during the two-week lockdown in Metro Manila amid the threat of the Delta variant. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Para sa mga nagdadalawang-isip sa bakuna: Kailangang magpabakuna ngayon na kahit anong...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 1, asked Filipinos to help one another as the National Capital Region (NCR) prepares for another round of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest quarantine classification, from August 6 to 20 to curb the surge of the Delta variant of the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday called on the government to start vaccinating minors following the detection of more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country. Gatchalian said it is highly necessary to prevent minors from becoming “variant factories.” “By the time we get...
A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) assured residents of Metro Manila that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations will not be stopped as the capital region is...
The government's pandemic task force has intensified its detection and isolation efforts amid the threat of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A medical worker walks on the aisle of the new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila on April 26,...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday, August 1 urged the government to ramp up biosurveillance and genome sequencing to control the spread of new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants, particularly the Delta variant, which has wreaked havoc in at least two countries. With more cases of the Delta variant of...