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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan will not act “as cruelly as China” in imposing lockdowns, its premier said Sunday, despite surging coronavirus infection numbers.

SHANGHAI, China – Shanghai further eased its gruelling, weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite a mounting official death toll and tens of thousands of daily cases.

SHANGHAI, China – With quarantine looming after a positive Covid-19 test, Shanghai resident Sarah Wang said her first worry was who would look after her cat.

SHANGHAI, China — China blasted the United States for making “groundless accusations” about its Covid-19 policy, after surging cases in Shanghai prompted the American consulate to let some staff leave the locked-down megacity.

SHANGHAI, China — Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but a member of the city’s pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the economy.

BEIJING, China – Millions of people across China endured lockdowns on Sunday as virus cases doubled to nearly 3,400 and anxiety mounted over the resilience of the country’s ‘zero-Covid’ approach in the face of the worst outbreak in two years.

HONG KONG, China — Hong Kong may impose a China-style hard lockdown that confines people to their homes, authorities signalled Monday, with the city’s zero-COVID strategy in tatters and bodies piling up in hospitals.

The House of Representatives will resume its session on Monday, Jan. 17, with less than a month left to pass on final reading two priority bills before adjourning for the upcoming elections.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assured the continuous provision of assistance to families and individuals affected by the stricter quarantine measures in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

CAVITE – Gov. Jonvic Remulla said that 96.4 percent of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the province are mild or asymptomatic as he reiterated his opposition to the imposition of any form of lockdown.

Due to rising cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a street in Angono, Rizal was placed under granular lockdown by the municipal government.

Despite the slight uptick in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) believes there is no basis yet to raise the Alert Level in the country.

Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso called for the strict observance of health protocols after an increase in active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases was detected in Manila from Saturday, Dec. 25, to Sunday, Dec. 26.

Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano issued an executive order providing the city government’s guidelines and granular lockdown rules under Alert Level 2 from Nov. 5 to 21.

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is brimming with optimism following the Inter-Agency Task Force’s (IATF) sudden but welcome decision to de-escalate the National Capital Region (NCR) to alert level 2 in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque reminded companies Thursday, Oct. 14 that there are no exceptions when it comes to releasing 13th month pay to employees, even amid the protracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

To provide ready-to-eat meals to 200 lockdown affected residents, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sent out its “Hot Meals On Wheels” to the province of Cavite.