MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (Oct. 30) proposed that the Group of 20 (G20) countries should solve as soon as possible the problem of mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination certificates.
MANILA - The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 3,410 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday (Oct. 31), pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,787,276.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar directed police offices and units nationwide to help local government units encourage residents to get inoculated against COVID-19 as part of the national government’s ramped-up vaccination program.
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Evelio Leonardia has sought a reconsideration of the city’s Alert 4 status from Nov. 1 to 14 after it was announced by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Friday, Oct. 29.
Some 1,537 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the different facilities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in the Ilocos Region have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Oct. 28.