Local government units (LGUs) need more time gain ground as the national government had set its sight in ramping up the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive, the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) announced Friday, Nov. 5. League of Provinces of the Philippines...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday logged 1,766 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This is the second straight day that the Philippines recorded less than 2,000 cases. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said that the number of active infections in the country stood at...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement restrictions in Metro Manila in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Amid the decision to lift the curfew hours in Metro Manila, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to strictly adhere to...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is eyeing faulty electrical wiring as one of the possible reasons in the fire that hit Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Health Office blaze where over 148,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were destroyed. BFP Region 9 Director Senior Supt. Renato Marcial said they are not...
Select private schools that offer basic education will be allowed to hold limited in-person classes as part of the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepEd). (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Education Assistant Secretary Malcolm...
A minor receives a COVID-19 vaccine during the ceremonial vaccination of minors at Cardinal Santos Medical Center on Oct. 22, 2021. (Photo from Department of Health) A total of 40,419 children aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities has been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),...
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Philippines on Wednesday, Nov 3, logged 1,591 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the lowest since February. The number of newly detected cases on Wednesday was the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines is eyeing to include children aged 5 to 11 in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program by next year, an official of the Department of...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed optimism that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being detected daily in the country would further decline below 2,000. But to achieve that, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that everyone has an important role to play. “If we...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he will not attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 funds which is scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 4. Duque said that Malacanang...
Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it will investigate the fire incident in a vaccine storage in Zamboanga del Sur that damaged almost 150,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses. “It’s being investigated and we...
More than 310,000 people in Muntinlupa are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office, as of Nov. 2, 310,011 individuals have received their full dose of the vaccine consisting of 304,537 vaccinated by the city government and...