Independent research group OCTA said on Saturday, Jan. 1, that the National Capital Region's (NCR) reproduction number has increased to 4.05. Crowd at flea market. OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said in a tweet that this is the highest since April 2020 which was the onset of the coronavirus...
Independent research group OCTA said that new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country may swell to 4,000 on Saturday, Jan. 1. People watch fireworks display that light up the night sky over Quezon Memorial Circle on New Year's celebration, Jan. 1, 2022. Unlike last year where the city's...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has pitched a paradigm shift as far as the monitoring of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country is concerned. Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymundo Lo As we end year two of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve gone through so far. Let’s acknowledge it’s been a tough two years. We lost dear family, friends, and colleagues to the virus. We missed some of our freedoms like...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded on Monday, Dec. 27, an additional 318 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) This update brought the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,838,792. DOH said that active cases stood at...
An increase in the positive growth rate of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases was observed in the National Capital Region (NCR) in the recent week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 27. Crowd at flea market. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a DOH press...
The country has detected its fourth case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 27. Omicron variant of COVID-19 Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing that the individual is a 38-year-old woman from...
Senators on Friday called on Filipinos to share their blessings to those who have adversely been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic and Typhoon Odette. Senator Richard Gordon, who chairs the Philippine Red Cross, noted that while the country has yet to fully recover from the impact of the pandemic,...
Photo taken at Palma Gil Integrated School PGIS in Talaingod, Davao del Norte in June 2021 (DepEd Philippines Facebook page) Recognizing the impact brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on children, the Department of Education (DepEd) reaffirmed its commitment to protect and...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 263 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Dec. 20. DOH/MB Monday's update brought the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,837,730. Of this, DOH said that 9,592 were active cases or 0.3 percent of the...
Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon on Dec. 1, 2021 (Courtesy of OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province Official) Across the world, school closures due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic brought significant disruptions to education. In the Philippines, the pandemic...
Recognizing the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on education, the Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing to develop a policy on the learning environment post-COVID. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon. (Courtesy of OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province...
