People wait in line for first dose vaccination at SM Manila on Thursday, Aug. 5. (ALI VICOY) The Department of Health (DOH) has appealed to the different local government units (LGUs) to ensure the safe conduct of their respective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization activities. DOH...
Malacañang said local chief executives could be liable for dereliction of duty if they cannot ensure that minimum health standards such as physical distancing are observed in vaccination sites. People wait in line for first dose vaccination at SM Manila on Thursday, Aug. 5. (ALI VICOY)...
Covid surge The country's four regions are now under the "high-risk" level in terms of the utilization of their intensive care unit (ICU) beds dedicated for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. These regions are Central Visayas with 70 percent occupancy rate, Ilocos with 71 percent, Cagayan...
A professor of the De La Salle University in Manila has been named as one of the managing editors of the prestigious Harvard Public Health Review (HPHR). (Research Pod/NRCP Facebook page) This was announced by the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) on its official Facebook page on...
President Duterte is hoping the country's agreement with the United Kingdom on the hiring of Filipino medical professionals will be finalized soon. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President has pushed for a "fair, ethical, and sustainable" labor accord between the two...
The community testing facility at Navotas Sports Complex has started to operate 24 hours a day, the Navotas City government announced Wednesday. (MAYOR TOBY TIANGCO OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE/ MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Toby Tiangco said the 24-hour operation of the facility would enable the local...
“Good border control” will keep Philippines protected against the Gamma variant, another 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) modification that is suspected of causing reinfection of people and was reported to have been the cause of deaths among young children in Brazil....
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) There were 7,342 new people who were found positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, August 4. The tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country since last year is now at 1,619,824, of which, 63,171...
A senior citizen in Muntinlupa poses with the sign "we got fully vaccinated" after getting the single shot johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine (MunCoVac) Family members of senior citizens play a huge part in convincing them to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an...
COVID-19 VIRUS ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTO The presence of the Delta coronavirus variant has already been seen in nine out of the 17 regions of the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “We have detected local cases of Delta in nine regions,” said DOH Epidemiology Bureau...
DOH/MB The country recorded 6,879 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, August 3. The new cases brought the Philippines' cumulative tally to 1,612,541, of which, 63,137 are active, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Nine laboratories were not able to submit their data to the...
A senior citizen receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Angono, Rizal. (Angono Public Information Office) Senior citizens are allowed to go to the COVID-19 vaccination centers even if they don’t have an appointment during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some areas of the...
