North Korean state media on Wednesday showed leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting of a top committee issuing warnings about the coronavirus and a looming typhoon, following international speculation over his state of health. In this picture taken on August 25, 2020 and released from North Korea's...
Dr Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, apologized Monday after misrepresenting a key statistic on how effective blood plasma is for treating COVID-19 when announcing an emergency approval measure. FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn addresses the media during a...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Six more persons have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the region’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said Monday. Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan, MOH-BARMM minister, said three of the six new cases were from...
BALANGA CITY, Bataan (PNA) – Forty-two new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded Sunday in this province, the highest registered in a day since the first patient was logged here. Dr. Rosanna Buccahan, chief of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), confirmed on...
TACLOBAN City - With the sudden surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Eastern Visayas, Mayor Alfred Romualdez, through the regional inter-agency task force, has ordered that the city revert back to general community quarantine (GCQ) from modified general community quarantine starting...
BUTUAN CITY – The regional office of the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) based here has registered a total of 455 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Caraga region. This, after the DOH Caraga confirms receipt of 146 RT-PCR confirmatory results from the GeneXpert...
BACOLOD CITY - A “timeout weekend” from August 28 to 31 to conduct mass testing of symptomatic individuals amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been proposed for the province of Negros Occidental and the city of Bacolod. The idea was proposed by former 3rd district congressman...
The number of new coronavirus infections in Germany topped 2,000 in the past 24 hours, a high not seen since the end of April, health authorities said Saturday. Crowds gather in Berlin's central shopping district of Alexanderplatz on August 14, 2020, amid a Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - With...
DAVAO CITY – The utilization level of beds in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wards in Davao Region has nearly reached the “danger zone,” according to the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao. Dr. Cleo Fe Tabada, head of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of DOH-Davao, said that while...
South Korea has announced it will ramp up coronavirus restrictions across the country starting Sunday to try and control a growing outbreak. A health official wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant on the street near the Sarang Jeil Church, a new coronavirus infection cluster, in Seoul on...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has issued a stern warning against those spreading unverified information about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) “Fake news proliferators will face the full force of the law. I will not...
BUTUAN CITY - The regional office of the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Caraga region reported Friday night 23 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and one death in Butuan City. “As of August 21, 2020, DOH Caraga reports receipt of 46 RT-PCR confirmatory...
