Quezon City residents not covered by the national government’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) financial assistance can receive a one-time P2,000 cash aid under the revived Kalingang QC program, according to Mayor Joy Belmonte.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar expressed support for ordinances that would prevent fully vaccinated persons from availing of more COVID-19 jabs, particularly those freely given by LGUs, as boosters.
The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) reported on Sunday (Aug. 15) the detection of the first case of the Lambda (C.37) variant of interest in the country, along with 182 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases, 41 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases, 66 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases, and 40 P.3 variant cases.
A total of 469,200 doses of Moderna arrived in the Philippines today (Aug. 15) past 3:00 p.m. via Singapore Airlines flight SQ912 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 Bay 114.
