BAGUIO CITY – The city logged its highest number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in a day of 25 on Thursday – the most since the outbreak began in March. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said contact tracing teams are now on double-time to expedite contact identification, testing, isolation,...
CEBU CITY – Authorities here expressed alarm over reports that there are individuals who have been posing as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contact tracers. PRO-7 Director Brig. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro (PRO-7 Facebook page / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) There have been reports that fake...
If a COVID-19 vaccine is proven effective, the US will ensure it's distributed for free to all Americans, officials said Thursday, underscoring there will be no shortcuts on safety. A laboratory technician holds a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate ready for trial on monkeys at the National...
ILOILO CITY —The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases further surged in Western Visayas Tuesday when it recorded 178 new cases, which was the most in one day to be posted in the region. Dr. Marie Jocelyn Te, chief for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases of the Department...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Mayor Benjamin Magalong has asked the city's finance committee to immediately set aside P30 million for the purchase of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing kits. Mayor Benjamin Magalong (JJ Landingin / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) As of...
ILOILO CITY — With the surge in locally transmitted cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Iloilo first district Rep. Janette L. Garin is pushing for pooled testing in the city and province of Iloilo. Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette L. Garin (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) “Our authorities are...
BAGUIO CITY – A health worker and now coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient has chosen to disclose her identity to help hasten the contact tracing efforts of the city government. A police officer keeps a tight watch on a street in Baguio City where some business establishments have remained...
BACOLOD CITY - Five more patients were added to the list of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths here since the weekend, bringing the total to 13, as of August 10. This was confirmed to The Manila Bulletin on Tuesday by Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who also chairs the Bacolod Inter-Agency Task...
Australia's Northern Territory will be closed to visitors from virus hotspots for a further 18 months to protect its large and vulnerable Aboriginal population, authorities said Tuesday. Many Aboriginal groups fear coronavirus could sweep through remote communities where healthcare services are...
Fans dancing at an electronic music festival, long lines at breakfast stands, gridlocked traffic -- the scenes in coronavirus ground zero Wuhan these days would have been unthinkable in January. This photo was taken on August 4, 2020, shows people dancing during the afternoon next to the Yangtze...
CEBU CITY—Another batch of policemen from the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO-7) have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Policemen received certificates as proof that they have recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the graduation ceremony at a COVID-19...
DAVAO CITY - The municipality of Makilala in North Cotabato province has recorded its first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case on Saturday, August 8. Based on the Soccsksargen Region Situation Report for COVID-19, the patient was a female nurse from Makilala, who works in Davao del Sur province....
