MANILA – The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has made an official recommendation to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under the least restrictive Alert Level 1 beginning Mar. 1 as COVID-19 cases continue to fall in the capital and most of the country.
The stealth Omicorn variant or BA.2 is said to be detectable by RT-PCR tests available in the country, infectious disease expert Dr. Rontgene Solante said on Wednesday (Feb. 23).
Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Health Christopher “Bong” Go echoed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to the public to get their booster shots once eligible as additional protection against COVID-19.
DUBLIN - Ireland will remove the rules of mandatory mask-wearing in indoor public facilities and on public transport starting from Feb. 28, said the Irish government on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
Nearly 3,000 children aged five to 11 years old have been vaccinated in Cebu City, following the Department of Health’s (DOH) allocation of 6,000 reformulated Pfizer vaccine doses.
The city government temporarily...
