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BACK TO SCHOOL. Students on their way to school walk along Scout Torillo Street in Barangay Sacred Heart, Quezon City on April 26, 2022. Limited face-to-face classes are allowed in areas with low Covid-19 cases. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - Two senators reiterated on Friday their call for students to return to face-to-face classes amid the easing of the Covid-19 situation in the country. Senator Pia Cayetano said she already advised the education sector to prepare for the res...

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will be on red alert status in connection with the May 9 national and local elections.

75,000 Covid-19 vaccines from Qatar to help scale up vaccination campaign in Barmm

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has encouraged citizens to get their needed booster shots against COVID-19 so as not to waste vaccines already available for use.

Grupo Progreso spokesperson and aspirant for councilor, Dr. Chris Sorongon yesterday responded to allusions made by former 3rd District Rep. Albee

Duterte not yet ‘ready’ to lift mandatory face mask rule

WITH the continuous decline in Covid-19 cases nationwide, the government is now considering declaring “Alert Level 0” in some parts of the country, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III said the Technical Advisory Group of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging…

(PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) is studying the administration of a second booster shot to fully vaccinated senior citizens and individuals with comorbidities, a health official said. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made this statement after the vaccine expert panel (VEP) recommended a second booster shot or fourth dose of Covid-19 jabs to the concerned priority groups. "The recommendation of a second booster dose for senior citizens and th...

(File photo) MANILA - Slowly ditching the face mask requirement in open areas under Alert Level 1 status is possible if coronavirus cases continue to go down. National Task Force Against Covid-19 special medical adviser, Dr. Ted Herbosa, said at the Laging Handa public briefing on Friday it may be considered as one of the adjustments under the so-called new normal. "Ang susunod nito ay maaring 'yung pagsuot ng mask sa outdoor areas, so sa indoor na lang tayo magma-mask lalo na kung baba...

(File photo) MANILA - Slowly ditching the face mask requirement in open areas under Alert Level 1 status is possible if coronavirus cases continue to go down. National Task Force Against Covid-19 special medical adviser, Dr. Ted Herbosa, said at the Laging Handa public briefing on Friday it may be considered as one of the adjustments under the so-called new normal. "Ang susunod nito ay maaring 'yung pagsuot ng mask sa outdoor areas, so sa indoor na lang tayo magma-mask lalo na kung baba...