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IATF releases latest community quarantine classifications

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, approved the recommendation to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 3 beginning October 16, 2021 until October 31, 2021.

Bong Go reiterates support for proposals to provide incentives to fully vaccinated individuals to fight vaccine hesitancy

Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Health Christopher “Bong” Go has reiterated his support to proposals to provide incentives to fully vaccinated individuals in order to encourage more Filipinos, especially those still hesitant, to get their COVID-19 shots.

Bulacan starts vax rollout for 1.7K prov’l jail inmates

The Provincial Health Office (PHO) started on Wednesday the vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Bulacan Provincial Jail.

U.S. reaffirms COVID-19 vaccine mandates amid party-line, individual opposition

NEW YORK -- The U.S. federal government is striving to persuade more people to get vaccinated on their own, or push ahead with mandates, while party-line action, vaccine hesitancy, and even resistance still uphold in some states and sectors against the Democratic administration's universal call for vaccination against the coronavirus.

Antiviral compound blocks SARS-CoV-2 from entering cells: study

CHICAGO -- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a chemical compound called MM3122 that targets a key human protein called transmembrane (TMPRSS2) that coronaviruses harness to enter and infect human cells.

COVID-19 space data helps improve response efforts: Nograles

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dashboard data developed by the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has helped the government improve its fight against the dreaded disease, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Monday (Oct. 11).

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