The Quezon City government has expanded its free testing program under the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) in order to cope with the volume of individuals who wish to learn their COVID-19 status at the soonest possible time for immediate action.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, Jan. 20, ordered the relief of the acting superintendent of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP)'s Maximum Security Compound (MSC) where four persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) escaped on Monday (Jan. 17) morning.
Individuals going home—whether bound for Metro Manila or away to a province—are now exempt from the “no vaccine, no ride” policy in public transportation in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo M. Año today, Jan. 20, commended all 17 National Capital Region (NCR) local government units (LGUs) for passing ordinances restricting unvaccinated individuals within their jurisdictions.
The Department of Health (DOH), through the leadership of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) and the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), is establishing seven subnational laboratories (SNLs) for the detection of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the Philippines.
