BUTUAN CITY – At least six barangays in Bayugan City in Agusan del Sur were placed under granular lockdown starting Sunday (Sept. 12) due to a spike in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.
CANBERRA - The Australian government has secured an additional one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar has tasked police chiefs to assist in an intensified information dissemination campaign on vaccination and the rules on the quarantine alert level system and granular lockdown, especially now that the vaccination of those under the A5 category is allowed.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar tasked the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to ensure that police officers are well-informed of the new guidelines pertaining to the alert level system of COVID-19 quarantine classifications that will be enforced in Metro Manila.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said on Friday (Sept. 10) that the Academic Year 2021-2022 has successfully opened as one-third of the universities and colleges here began the semester in August, while the remaining will open in September and October.
Some local government units in Metro Manila have opened their pre-registration for vaccination of individuals aged 12 to 17 years old, following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval on the use of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for adolescents.