Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus outbreak in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Another 20,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday,...
Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Sept. 13, that there is still no final recommendation on whether to use booster shots for those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement, the...
Malacañang said the government's panel of vaccine experts has approved the proposal to give medical workers booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). File photo (AFP/Manila Bulletin) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after it was reported that five doctors who...
Malacañang said the government is doing its best to speed up the graduation and examination of the country's would-be doctors to address the shortage of manpower in hospitals amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN)...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 21,411 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, Sept. 12. The DOH noted that the new cases do not include the data from five laboratories as they were not able to submit their COVID-19 data on time. The country's tally of COVID-19 cases since...
A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Garlan, western France, on May 31, 2021. Fred TANNEAU / AFP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) welcomed the initiative of some local government units (LGUs) of conducting pre-registration of...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines saw 26,303 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Sept. 11—the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the pandemic hit the country last year. The latest figure pushed the country’s running...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, September 11, sought the congressional passage of a bill providing health workers with hazard pay plus substantial increases in the current rates of their overtime pay and other compensations. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN...
DOH LOGO The country recorded more than 17,000 fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Friday, Sept. 10. The Department of Health (DOH) said that 17,964 more people were confirmed to have contracted the viral disease. This figure brought the country's total case tally to 2,179,770. It said...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) logged 22,820 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Thursday, Sept. 9, the biggest single-day tally since the pandemic hit the Philippines last year. The previous record-high was last Monday, Sept. 6, when there were 22,415 fresh...
DOH LOGO The Department of Health (DOH) clarified that more than 17,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were logged on Wednesday, Sept. 8. In a statement on Thursday, Sept, 9, the DOH said that 5,000 more cases were added on Wednesday’s COVID-19 tally. Originally, the DOH reported 12,751 new...
Senator Joel Villanueva said the government would need an at least P23 billion more to fund the doubling of special risk allowance (SRA) and hazard pay for health workers. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Villanueva made the estimate as he asked the executive department to submit to...
