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DILGSecretary Eduardo Ano (Screengrab from DILG press briefing) MANILA - Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano on Thursday gave the Cebu provincial government a three-day ultimatum to rectify its newly-passed ordinance which made the wearing of face masks in open and well-ventilated areas in the province optional. "We will be giving the Cebu provincial government, the governor, and the councilors to amend, rectify, and adjust their ordinance and EO to be consistent with the EO 151 and the guidelin...

(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday the National Capital Region (NCR) is still under low-risk classification for Covid-19 as of June 16. This, after the OCTA Research Group fellow Dr. Guido David said NCR is under moderate risk based on their metrics. "Based on our metrics, this is our metrics and not necessarily the same as the one used by the DOH, Metro Manila has moved from low to moderate risk. That being said, again, moderate risk does not translate to an...

OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David rectified his previous statement, clarifying that Metro Manila is still under the low risk classification of Covid-19 based on their metrics. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In contrast with his earlier statement that Metro Manila is already under moderate risk

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DOH: NCR remains at low risk for Covid-19

DOH The Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Thursday, June 16, that Metro Manila remains under the low-risk classification for Covid-19 despite an uptick in new infections. In a statement, the state health agency “reiterates that NCR [National Capital Region] is still at low risk classificati

(File photo) MANILA - The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAPI) is in favor of the National Capital Region (NCR) remaining under Alert Level 1 status until June 30. In a televised public briefing, PHAPi president Dr. Jose Rene de Grano said the hospital utilization rate of Covid-19 cases in private hospitals is low. "So, ibig sabihin, we can still admit [patients] at saka very low risk pa rin po tayo sa Covid-19 kasi mainly because ang mga sintomas po ng ating mga new var...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twenty-three component cities and municipalities in Negros Occidental will remain under Alert Level 2 from June 16 to 30. On the

VAX TARGET. Health authorities in Negros Oriental are doing their best to inoculate 300,000 individuals against Covid-19 by June 30, 2022. This, after the National Vaccination Operations Center ordered the provincial government to increase its vaccination accomplishment by the end of the month when President Rodrigo Duterte ends his term of office. (PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Health authorities in Negros Oriental are scrambling to locate and inoculate some 300,000 residents against the cor...

Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon had 10 volcanic earthquakes in the past 24 hours, while Alert Level 1 remains hoisted, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Wednesday.