President Duterte Suggests Unvaccinated Individuals To Stay Home Amidst COVID-19 Threat

President Rodrigo Duterte

President Duterte suggested that unvaccinated individuals should stay at home amidst the COVID-19 threat. On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte suggested that unvaccinated individuals should stay at home amidst the COVID-19 threat. In his weekly public address, President Duterte said that his suggestion was that those unvaccinated individuals shouldn’t go out of their respective homes until … Read more

IATF and NTF COVID-19 Activate Crisis Action Plan vs COVID-19 Variants

vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr

IATF and NTF COVID-19 activated the crisis action plan against COVID-19 variants. IATF and NTF COVID-19 — A new crisis action plan was launched by the national government’s task forces that were overseeing the Philippines’ COVID-19 pandemic response to address the new threats posed by the emerging COVID-19 variants. On Friday, vaccine czar and NTF … Read more

PGH Preparing For “Worst Case Scenario” As COVID-19 Cases Increase

Philippine General Hospital

The PGH was preparing for the “worst case scenario” as COVID-19 cases increased. The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) was preparing for the “worst case scenario” as coronavirus cases in the Philippines increased. On Saturday, a PGH spokesperson said that the Philippine General Hospital will be forced to temporarily close down its non-COVID-19 wards should coronavirus … Read more

PNP Ready To Implement Possible Hard Lockdown — Eleazar

Police General Guillermo Eleazar

The PNP was ready to implement the possible hard lockdown, according to Eleazar. On Thursday, Police General Guillermo Eleazar said that the Philippine National Police (PNP) was ready to implement the proposed hard lockdown as coronavirus cases continued to increase. Eleazar said in a statement that the PNP will enforce the quarantine restrictions that the … Read more

Philippines Taps Israeli Medical Experts To Boost COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Israeli medical experts

The Philippines tapped Israeli medical experts to boost the COVID-19 pandemic response. The Philippines tapped Israeli medical experts in order to boost the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response in the country. On Sunday afternoon, three medical experts from Israel’s Ministry of Health arrived in the Philippines in order to support the country in its COVID-19 … Read more

President Duterte Set To Announce Quarantine Classifications Starting April 5 — Roque

Roque

President Duterte was set to announce the quarantine classifications starting April 5, according to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Saturday said that President Rodrigo Duterte was set to announce the COVID-19 quarantine classifications starting April 5, 2021. GMA News Online reported that Roque told GMA News Online in a text message … Read more

President Duterte Pushes For Unimpeded Return Of Filipinos To Their Residences

President Duterte

President Duterte pushed for the unimpeded return of Filipinos to their residences. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday pushed for the unimpeded return of Filipinos to their residences as he expressed concern about their safety. On Monday night, President Duterte said in a televised address that no amount of police power and lockdown could prevent any Filipino from … Read more

Health Expert On DOH Reported Cases: “7,999 Infections Look Deceiving”

Health Expert Says DOH Reported Daily COVID Cases Was “Deceiving” HEALTH EXPERT ON DOH – Recently, the Department of Health (DOH) reported an all-time-high number of COVID-19 cases. Last year, the peak daily cases was around 6,752. But, after almost a year of strict lockdowns, the number of daily cases peaked at 7,999. However, according … Read more

Duque Admits PH Gov’t Didn’t Expect Steep Spike In COVID-19 Cases

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III

Duque admitted that the Philippine government didn’t expect a steep spike in COVID-19 cases. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday admitted that the Philippine government didn’t expect a steep spike in COVID-19 cases. Duque admitted that the Philippine government didn’t expect the COVID-19 cases to increase the way they had been doing over the … Read more