(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) A health reform advocate has urged to government to boost coronavirus testing, contact tracing, and vaccination in Metro Manila as the region will go into another round of lockdown due to the threat of the Delta variant. “While we are on ECQ (Enhance...
The government has made the "right decision" in reverting Metro Manila to a two-week strict lockdown next month, according to Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion talks to Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez and testing czar...
HANOI, Vietnam – As COVID-19 cases soar in Vietnam, hundreds of checkpoints have sprung up to enforce a strict lockdown in the capital Hanoi -- where even grocery trips are restricted. A local resident rides her bicycle past a make-shift barricade of brick-stacks and a parked truck to stop...
Malacañang said Metro Manila will be placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20 but will first undergo a new variant of the general community quarantine (GCQ) to allow business owners and the public to make the necessary preparations. Dos and Don'ts during GCQ with...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said two alleys in Barangay San Dionisio were placed under a five-day granular and calibrated lockdown starting July 29. Parañaque City PIO Olivarez said a family of eight in the community yielded six positive cases of COVID-19 of a still unknown variant....
The National Capital Region (NCR) will be placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20 after undergoing a week-long stricter general community quarantine (GCQ) due to the spike in cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). File photo of members of the Philippine...
The Paranaque City government placed Tramo Dos in Barangay San Dionisio under a five-day granular and calibrated lockdown. In a text message by Atty. Fernando Soriano, city administrator, said the lockdown in the area starts today, July 29, and will last on August 2. Soriano said Mayor Edwin...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed readiness in the enforcement of hard lockdown if, and only if, the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) amid the rising number of Delta variant cases in the country. “Hindi na bago sa inyong...
A two-week hard lockdown could mean wage losses of P30 billion and closure of 18 percent of establishments, affecting 1.8 million workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring provinces, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. Department of Trade and Industry...
Posts circulating on social media about the implementation of a "circuit-breaker" style lockdown in parts of the country, including Metro Manila, are "fake," a public health expert said. (Photo from PNA) In a Facebook post, Dr. Edsel Savana, an infectious disease expert and member of the Department...
President Duterte’s two economic managers admitted that a step backward move could be necessary as the country experiences yet another surge in coronavirus infections due to the highly transmissible Delta variant. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said Wednesday, July 28, that the rapidly...
A proposed two-week lockdown may be needed to ensure public health before the cases of Delta coronavirus variant escalate further. Manila residents line up to get a second dose of coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site located inside a shopping mall on July 13, 2021. (Malacañang) The proposed...
