Sen. Francis Pangilinan
Pangilinan noted that public clamor was key to allowing local government units (LGUs) to secure their own coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine.
“Buti naman at pwede nang bumili ng bakuna para sa kanilang LGU ang ating mga local executives. Ito ay bunga rin ng pagiging vocal natin, ng mga opisyal ng LGUs, at ng taumbayan mismo sa mga kailangang gawin para mapabilis ang pagsugpo sa Covid,” Pangilinan said. (It is good that LGUs local executives are now allowed to buy vaccines. This is the result of our insistence, along with LGU executives and the people, that they themselves would find ways to hasten the defeat of COVID-19.)
Health Secretary Duque says UAE was not included in the government s initial list of areas with travel restrictions because it did not report the presence of any emerging COVID-19 variant.
MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte has warned Filipinos about a “new monster” after health authorities said the so-called UK variant of coronavirus had been detected in the country. A few hours before the president’s address, the Department of Health and the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) confirmed that the more contagious variant was found in a 29-year-old real estate agent
President Duterte has warned the public about the "new monster" following the entry of the new coronavirus variant in the country but assured that intensified testing, tracing and quarantine steps are being taken to prevent its spread.
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte
After health authorities reported th