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Senator Win Gatchalian urged authorities to consider the relaxation of requirements for COVID-19 testing and quarantine protocols on all fully vaccinated tourists – both foreign and local – to help spur the slow reopening of the country’s economy. “If we’re easing travel restrictions on fully vaccinated Filipinos returning from trips abroad, I don’t see any […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar announced that the Lung Center of the Philippines will have additional rooms for management and treatment of COVID-19 patients by the end of June. Villar said that the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Health Facilities is fast-tracking the ongoing construction of five cluster […]
The city government of Pagadian is launching a “pabunot promo” to entice senior citizens to submit themselves to the government vaccination program. Mayor Samuel Co said he is coming up with the strategy after several senior citizens are hesitant to be inoculated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “The city government is offering free transportation to […]
Elderlies residing in coastal areas of Pampanga were vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) right at their doorsteps. On board motorized boats, Governor Dennis Pineda personally led the vaccination team in going to Barangays Mabuanbuan, Malusak, Sebitanan, Batang 1st, and Batang 2nd in Sasmuan town to conduct the inoculation activity. Pineda said one of the […]
With the government eyeing to start the vaccination of 29 million Filipinos in the pediatric sector by September or October this year, Senator Win Gatchalian said boosting parents’ confidence in COVID-19 vaccines becomes critical amid persisting hesitancy among Filipino adults. Gatchalian took note of a non-commissioned survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) which revealed […]
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has waived a total of P230.7 million in toll fees for medical workers as of June 2, as part of its support for front liners against the COVID-19 pandemic, the company reported. The free toll program, which regularly benefits more than 10,000 medical front liners, has been in effect at the […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced it would resume subsidizing the 50 percent RT-PCR testing for qualified domestic tourists, through the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, the marketing and promotions arm of DOT, following the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow leisure travel for persons […]
The city government of Kidapawan opened three isolation facilities to address the spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in recent weeks. Mayor Joseph Evangelista said the additional facilities are the city gymnasium, the Kidapawan Pilot Elementary School, and a private dormitory, all in Barangay Poblacion. “A total of 150 mild and moderate COVID-19 patients […]
A new P305-million public hospital named after the late mayor Joni Villanueva was opened in Bocaue, Bulacan. Senator Joel Villanueva led the inauguration of the Joni Villanueva Memorial Hospital located in Barangay Igulot in time for the commemoration of his late sister’s first death anniversary. Villanueva said the inauguration was offered in the memory of […]
The Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) is ramping up the on-going construction of additional isolation facilities to accommodate soaring of COVID-19 cases in Zamboanga City with the construction of an off-site modular hospital and a pop-up dormitory for health workers to start this June. DPWH Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar said the […]