Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III temporarily closed down basketball courts starting on Dec. 31 as he expressed alarm over the sudden increase in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the municipality. Ponce held an emergency meeting on New Year’s Eve together with...
Why did the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) retain the country’s alert level 2 status despite the "concerning" rise daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) According to Cabinet Secretary and IATF Spokesperson Karlo...
To counter the Omicron variant, the National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) will adopt an enhanced version of the strategy that was used to beat the Delta variant. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Under the said strategy, NTF chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said the...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymundo Lo Coming round to the New Year celebrations, I went through our lab data in the Philippine Childrens Medical Center COVID-19 Testing Laboratory and saw that the trend was an increasing positivity rate for OFWs but that local cases were declining through the third...
The Taguig City government has urged people to strictly observe health and safety protocols in welcoming the New Year due to a possible surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant. “Minimum health protocols must be strictly observed,” said the Taguig Safe City Task Force in its...
LOS ANGELES, United States – With Delta and Omicron transmissions surging, Los Angeles County on Wednesday reported 16,510 new COVID-19 cases, one of its highest single-day counts, local public health authorities said. Test positivity rates in the most populous U.S. county have more than...
President Duterte's apology to Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday, Dec. 30, during the signing of the 2022 national budget was apparently due to the palace's strict safety protocol implemented for visitors. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) As Duterte took the...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, Dec. 30 tagged persons who skipped COVID-19 quarantine protocols as ‘’stupid, irresponsible individuals.’’ ‘’It has come to our attention that there are individuals who have skipped quarantine protocols coming in from abroad and...
President Duterte has signed into law the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022, which ensures funding for the country's coronavirus pandemic response and recovery efforts from the onslaught of typhoon Odette. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File photo) Duterte signed Republic Act No....
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN An infectious disease expert sounded the alarm as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country continue to climb once again. “Well, I would say it’s alarming because if you look at the trend, it quickly went up and this is something that we have to...
The number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Municipality of Pateros has increased to 19 from four amid the threat of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced on Dec. 29 that COVID-19 has made its comeback to Pateros, which experienced...
(Photo from Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said it already traced 22 passengers who boarded the same plane with the country's fourth Omicron coronavirus variant case. "As of Dec. 29, 2021, the DOH has found 22 close contacts of the 4th case from PR 127 flight. This includes the husband of...
