China on Monday dismissed as "totally untrue" reports that three researchers in Wuhan went to hospital with an illness shortly before the coronavirus emerged in the city and spread around the globe. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN Since infecting its first victims in the central Chinese city in late 2019, the...
Denmark plans to donate three million COVID-19 doses to developing countries this year through the Covax global sharing scheme, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. Syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are placed on a tray at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic (AFP/...
The UN on Monday declared the world "at war" against COVID-19, as India's death toll passed 300,000 and Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) But just two months ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the United States on...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged both the national and local government units in the Philippines to follow the sequence of prioritization in rolling out the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines coming from the Covax facility to ensure its impact on public health. World...
The country’s performance with regards to its rollout of the vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been “creditable and commendable.” Residents wait in line to be inoculated at Manila Prince Hotel on Tuesday. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) World Health Organization (WHO)...
Around four million doses of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is expected to arrive in the country from the COVAX facility next month. The latest batch of AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines through the COVAX facility on May 8, 2021. (Photo from the National Task...
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Philippine government anew to follow the prioritization list on who gets the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine first as to maximize its impacts on the pandemic. World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) in Davao region has pointed out that social gatherings because of complacency and the improper use of face masks and face shields are among the gaps they have observed as the region recorded an increase in the number of active Coronavirus disease...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to publicize its accounting of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supplies that have been administered to promote transparency. Tolentino said that while he believes that each individual has the right to choose which vaccine...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it has seen a decline in the daily new COVID-19 cases in the Greater Manila Area, also known as NCR-plus. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) "Nakita natin yung patuloy na pagbaba ng mga kaso dito sa NCR-Plus bubble. Dati we are ranging from 3,000 to 4,000 cases here,...
Dozens of people wait to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at a mall in Parañaque City on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ MB File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said that several people are still eager to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite the non-announcement of...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 6,831 additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Saturday, May 22, pushing the active infections nationwide to 54,326. (DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The number of active cases account for 4.6 percent of the country's overall tally of confirmed cases which...
