#COVID-19

House sets COVID vaccine hearing; invites Duque, Galvez

House of Representatives PR The House of Representatives, under Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, will hold its own public hearing on the government’s COVID-19 vaccination plan next week to ensure that the multibillion-peso...

QC taking care of first UK variant case

QC LGU PR The Quezon City government, in coordination with the Department of Health, is closely monitoring the case of a resident who tested positive for the Covid-19 United Kingdom variant (B.1.1.7). The...

DFA urges OFWs to get vaccinated abroad

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has urged Overseas Filipinos Workers (OFWs) to benefit from the free Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in the Middle East, United States of America,...

Experts push for extension of travel ban

The OCTA Research Group is recommending to the Philippine government a two-week extension of the strict travel restrictions imposed on countries with the new variant of COVID-19. Experts explained that the possibility...

PH genomic biosurveillance detects SARS-CoV-2 UK variant

DOH PR Following strengthened biosurveillance and border control efforts, the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) today officially confirm the detection of the B.1.1.7. SARS-CoV-2 variant (UK variant)...

COVID-19 vaccines to reach PH in February

Vaccines against COVID-19 will start arriving in the Philippines next month. National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier reported that 50,000 doses of...

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