A personnel of the Senate's Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) passed away on Wednesday morning due to suspected COVID-19. A source from the Senate said a male member of the OSAA died at around 9 a.m. of July 1, identifying him as the "first" COVID-19 fatality among the chamber's plantilla...
A detainee at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) headquarters in Manila has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after undergoing both rapid antibody test and the confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. NBI Deputy Director Ferdinand Lavin said the person is...
ILOILO CITY — A hospital in Barbaza town, Antique province was placed on lockdown after a doctor was infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Several of the staff of Pedro L. Gindap Memorial Hospital in Barbaza town, Antique province. (Barbaza Multi-Purpose Cooperative / MANILA BULLETIN)...
When coronavirus claimed its first victim in India's largest slum in April, many feared the disease would turn its narrow, congested streets into a graveyard, with social distancing or contact tracing all but impossible. Mumbai's Dharavi slum offers a rare glimmer of hope, as new infections...
The US possession of Puerto Rico will require all visitors arriving by air to present a negative COVID-19 test or be held under quarantine at their own expense, officials said Tuesday. Lab technicians administers voluntary free Covid-19 rapid tests to passengers arriving at the Luis Munoz Marin...
Mask-wearing pupils catching up with friends at one Bangkok high school were quickly told to spread out as they headed back to lessons on Wednesday after months of distance learning due to coronavirus restrictions. A student uses hand sanitiser as she arrives at a secondary school in Bangkok (AFP...
CEBU CITY — Work at the Cebu Provincial Capitol was suspended Wednesday, July 1, to pave way for a thorough disinfection Upon the recommendation of Dr. Christina Giango, chief of the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), only essential staff will be allowed at the Capitol while...
After more than four months since the outbreak of the pandemic, the total number of Filipinos abroad who recovered from COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is now 5,101 as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reports seven new confirmed cases,10 new recoveries and two new fatalities on Tuesday....
DAVAO CITY - The Department of Health Davao Center for Health Development reported as of 5:00 pm on Monday three additional cases of coronavirus disease in Davao region which now has a total of 529 cases. Test tube with coronavirus name label is seen in this illustration picture. (REUTERS / MANILA...
