Pasay City now has 17 barangays declared as critical zone areas (CrZ) due to the high number of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. The 17 barangays declared as critical zone areas based on the memorandum order issued by City Administrator Dennis Bernard Acorda are Barangays 14,...
ANTIPOLO CITY -Â Another set of communities here will be placed under localized enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) starting Monday (July 27), following the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force For the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF). In an announcement on the Antipolo City...
South Korea reported a surge in new coronavirus infections on Saturday, recording its highest figure in nearly four months with dozens of imported cases. Visitors wearing face masks queue to visit the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on July 23, 2020. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) The country added...
Samar Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento has sought the mandatory wearing of personal protective equipment, such as face masks, face shields, gloves, and the like in public transportation to help slow and prevent further transmission of COVID-19 among commuters and public transportation workers. The House...
The World Health Organization expressed concern Friday over a coronavirus resurgence in Europe as Britain joined France, Germany, and Austria in announcing tighter mask rules and greater testing. A shopper adjusts her face mask on Oxford Street om London on July 24, 2020, after wearing facemasks in...
LINGAYEN – Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil has threatened to put this capital town of Pangasinan under lockdown should there be more cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil (Photo courtesy of Hilda Austria via PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) “This is serious, I am...
BACOLOD CITY - An elderly woman at Barangay Villamonte here, who was excited to get her social amelioration program (SAP) benefit so that she could spend these on her grandchildren, died while waiting for her cash aid on Thursday. Residents of Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, who are recipients...
TACLOBAN – To facilitate contact tracing of persons who may have been exposed to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient, Ormoc City has developed a contact tracking application using QR codes. Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) Called “SAFE Ormoc”, City Mayor...
WASHINGTON - For the second day running, the United States on Friday recorded more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths in a 24-hour period, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. (AFP FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The world's hardest-hit country...
Two brothers in California are facing criminal charges after getting into a brawl with security guards at a store for not wearing masks and leaving one of the guards with a broken arm. Women wearing facemasks exit a shopping mall where a sign is posted at an entrance reminding people of the mask...
A video of a mother running behind a van carrying Peru's President Martin Vizcarra and begging him to save her husband from COVID-19, has gone viral. A policeman blocks Celia Capira as she tries to approach Peru's President Martin Vizcarra to plead for help in saving her husband's life as he...
Sao Paulo, the biggest city in coronavirus hotspot Brazil, said Friday it was indefinitely postponing its 2021 carnival because of the pandemic. A pedestrian walks past a street mural depicting a nurse wearing a face mask and holding a flower, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 21, 2020. (Photo by...
