BAGUIO CITY – With the death toll in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) up by 40 percent in less than a month, Mayor Benjamin Magalong has tasked the City Health Services Office (CHSO) to immediately confer with private and public medical experts, as well as the Department of Health (DOH) -Cordillera...
COVID-19 cases in the country increased to 483,852 after the Department of Health (DoH) detected 1,776 new infections Friday. Department of Health (DOH) (MANILA BULLETIN) The DoH said most of the new cases were found in Bulacan (99), Davao City (96), Quezon City (83), Rizal (80), and Laguna (64)....
BACOLOD CITY - The city of Bacolod maintained its modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status this month as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases here continued to go on a decline. Based on the records from the City Health Office, only 73 active cases were reported as of...
BACOLOD CITY - The city government of Bacolod will be allocating P300 million for the procurement of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. Mayor Evelio Leonardia signs the multi-lateral agreement and confidentiality agreement with AstraZeneca on the availment of vaccines against COVID-19, as...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan —The city government of Puerto Princesa will be setting aside P500 million for the purchase of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)-approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. Puerto Princesa City Hall (Photo courtesy of Cedez Castro / MANILA BULLETIN)...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Mayor Noel Rosal announced Thursday morning that the city government of Legazpi is preparing a P200-million budget to buy coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. Rosal said that he has met the with local finance committee, and the fund is now being prepared. “Just met our...
DAVAO CITY – Churchgoers, who attended Holy Masses at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Barangay Ma-a, Davao City from December 22 until January 1, have been encouraged to get themselves tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after three priests and a seminarian were infected. Ashley Lopez,...
LONDON – England went back into full lockdown as Europe battled Wednesday to stem a rising tide of coronavirus cases, and the United States logged its worst daily death toll of the pandemic. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) watches as Jennifer Dumasi receives a dose of the...
Denmark said it is barring entry to residents of South Africa due to fears over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus there. Saaberie Chishty Ambulance Service paramedic Seipati Gabuotlwele assesses a Covid-19 patient in Lenasia, Johannesburg, on January 4, 2021. - Saaberie Chishty is a...
Delays to a long-planned mission by WHO experts to China to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic are "not just a visa issue", Beijing said Wednesday. A woman uses her mobile phone along the banks of the Yangtze River on New Year's Eve day in Wuhan in ChinaÂ’s central Hubei province...
DAVAO CITY — The City Council of Davao is set to schedule a series of committee hearings on January 11 and 14 after the passage on first reading of a draft ordinance for the implementation of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization program on Tuesday, January 5. The proposed measure,...
TACLOBAN CITY - Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez said the city government will be purchasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines good for 30 to 40 percent of the city’s population of 240,000. Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) He said the city government was already...
