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(PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano on Monday clarified that individuals who are unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) will only be requested to go home and will not be arrested. Under the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) resolution, unvaccinated individuals are mandated to remain in their residences at all times except for the procurement of essential goods and services, such as food, water, medical services, public utilities, and work. Many business leaders, medical groups, and ...

MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported 2,579 recoveries and 28,707 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. The latest Covid-19 bulletin indicated 128,114 active cases while total recoveries rose to 2,785,183, or 93.9 percent of 2,965,447 infections since the pandemic started in March 2020. Out of the active cases, 119,276 are mild, 2,851 are moderate, 4,213 are asymptomatic, 1,465 are severe, and 309 are critical. "Of the 28,707 reported cases today, 28,512 (99 percent) occurred within the recent 14 days -Dec. 27, 2021 to Jan. 9, 2022," the DOH reporte...

(File photo) MANILA - The national government will be ramping up hospital bed capacity, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, and vaccination in the wake of record high daily Covid-19 infections. Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Sub-Technical Working Group (sTWG) on Data Analytics recommended implementing an increase in the availability of bed capacity in the National Capital Region (NCR) and surrounding areas (NCR Plus). NCR Plus is composed of the NCR and the nearby provinces of Cavite, Lag...

Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano (File photo) MANILA - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano said the recommendation to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under more stringent Alert Level 4 status will be discussed in the succeeding meetings of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). This, as the OCTA Research Group on Sunday said the positivity rate in Metro Manila has exceeded 50 percent for the first time -50.5 percent as of January 7, 2022. "This (Alert L...

Senatorial aspirant and former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo (File photo) MANILA - A former Palace official on Sunday defended the directive of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to restrict unvaccinated people from going out of their homes, saying it was part of the President's duty as head of state. Senatorial aspirant and former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo defended Duterte after the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Duterte's order to restrict unvaccinated people "violates" the Constitution and human rights. Panelo said there are provisions in the ...