Two people in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa have tested positive for the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the Ontario provincial government on Sunday (Nov. 28).
The Philippines temporarily suspended testing and quarantine protocols for countries/jurisdictions/territories classified as “green” starting Monday (Nov. 29) until Dec. 15, Malacañang said on Sunday (Nov. 28).
MANILA – The government closed a deal for the procurement of additional 20 million doses of the United States-made Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines.
The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 are calling on more individuals to volunteer for the National Vaccination Days to be held on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.
In addition to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved on Sunday, Nov. 28, the placing of Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and Italy under the Red List effective Nov. 28 until Dec. 15, 2021.
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health’s regional office Bicol Region is targeting to inoculate some 1,152,960 Bicolanos during the three-day government vaccination campaign from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.
