(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The tremendous increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continued as Metro Manila registered a new all-time high number of infections on Sunday, Jan. 9, the independent research group OCTA said on Monday, Jan. 10. Citing data from the Department of...
Malacañang said that the government will not hesitate to place Metro Manila under the coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Level 4 if the region meets the qualifications for escalation. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement amid calls...
The P355.6-billion Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) is 25.09 percent complete as of December 2021, according to the Department of Transportation ( DOTr). media The MMSP is the Philippines’ first underground mass transport system and one of its largest infrastructure projects. A subway in Metro...
Amid the recent spike of infections, a public health expert has expressed support for the implementation of Alert Level 4 status in Metro Manila to prevent the further spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (File Photo/ Unsplash) Public health expert and former National Task Force (NTF) against...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila has reached 50.5 percent on Jan. 7--the first time it exceeded 50 percent in the region--the independent research group OCTA said on Sunday, Jan. 9. In an update posted on Twitter, OCTA Research Fellow...
There’s no need to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 4 amid the new surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said on Saturday, Jan. 8. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Over 11,00 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded in Metro Manila on Thursday, Jan. 6, setting a new record for the number of infections in a day, the independent research group OCTA said Friday, Jan. 7. "The steep increase in new COVID-19 cases in the...
The plan to expand limited face-to-face classes to more schools in areas classified as “high risk” has been postponed until next week, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. Simulation of face-to-face classes in Comembo Elementary School, Makati in December 2021. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA...
Independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila as well as Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) may start to go down in the middle of the month and towards the end of it if the same trajectory as South Africa would...
Amid the spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the OCTA Research group on Tuesday, Jan. 4, said that Metro Manila’s hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19 has increased to 29 percent. (File Photo / AFP / Manila Bulletin) “In seven days, hospital bed occupancy for COVID-19...
Life will be hard for individuals who continuously refused to be vaccinated following the decision of Metro Manila mayors to restrict their movement under Alert Level 3, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, Jan. 4. DILG Undersecretary and...
Bulacan, Cavite, and Rizal have joined the National Capital Region (NCR) in the heightened classification of alert level 3 in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was announced Tuesday morning, Jan. 4, by Cabinet Secretary and...
