The Taguig City government has recorded more than 8,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in January with the surge of the Omicron variant in Metro Manila. Based on data from the Taguig City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance (CEDSU), the city had 8,230 new COVID-19 cases in January as...
A joint report by First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) and the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) raised their growth forecast for 2022 to 7.0 percent from 6.0 percent stating the economic recovery is back on the fast growth lane. In the January issue of the Market Call, FMIC and UA&P...
The government will start vaccinating children aged five to 11 is set to start on February 4 and will be done simultaneously in selected locations in Metro Manila, Malacañang announced. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement following the report that 7.5...
Policies limiting the movement of people in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be effectively suspended starting Tuesday as the region shifts to Alert Level 2 on February 1 to 15, 2022, Malacañang said. File photo by Ali Vicoy Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement a day before...
Metro Manila’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risk level classification could improve to “low risk” within two weeks if the downtrend continues, an OCTA Research fellow said on Sunday, Jan. 30. (Image courtesy of Dr. Guido David) OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a Twitter post, disclosed the...
The government's pandemic task force has placed the National Capital Region (NCR) and seven other provinces under the coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Level 2 starting February 1 to February 15, while 90 other areas will be under Alert Level 3, Malacañang announced. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reproduction number, or the average number of secondary infections by each infected individual, dropped further to 0.50, the independent research group OCTA said on Saturday, Jan. 29. In a tweet, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said about 40,000 home care kits will be distributed in Metro Manila for people experiencing mild symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and those under home isolation. "The home care kits will be distributed to the 17 local governments in Metro Manila to help...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila is now under the “moderate” risk classification after a decreasing trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases was observed in recent days. “Moderate-risk na po ang NCR (National Capital Region) kahapon pa. Bumababa na po ng...
Malacañang said that the "No Vaccine, No Ride" policy being implemented in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be lifted if and when Metro Manila gets deescalated to Alert Level 2 since the said restriction only applies to Alert Level 3 and higher. A “No Vaccination, No Ride” sign is seen...
The government's pandemic task force is set to discuss Metro Manila's possible deescalation to Alert Level 2 for the first half of February 2022 and will make the announcement on the weekend. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID) From a risk classification of "severe outbreak" last week, Metro Manila is now at a "high risk" level for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), based on the internationally-developed COVID Act Now indicators used by OCTA Research Group. In a tweet on Wednesday, Jan. 26, OCTA Research...
