MANILA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The steady uptick in the COVID-19 infections in the Philippines signals the start of the peak of cases, the Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday. "Right now, (we see) that the number of cases is continuously increasing," Health Undersecreta...
Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque made the remarks at the seeing-off ceremony held for the 12-member team of Chinese experts, which arrived in Manila on April 5 to share firsthand experiences and best practices with Philippine health officials on how to properly manage the COVID-19 epi...
philippine cases hit 500k amid vaccine struggles the associated press foreign passengers wearing protective suits prepare for their flight to china at manila's international airport, philippines, monday, jan. 18, 2021. coronavirus infections in the philippines have surged past 500,000 in a ne...
“We’re supposed to have a break time, but because we are extremely busy, we miss our meals, especially now that we are attending to moderate to severe COVID-19 patients,” Delos Reyes said on Friday. The Lung Center of the Philippines in Metro Manila also reported that they are openin...
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled a weekly televised address and meeting with his coronavirus task force on Wednesday, following dozens of COVID-19 cases among his staff and security detail, government officials said. ...
Ms Depra works at asalon[108]in MetroManila[109]as a freelancemanicurist[110], where she earns under US$4 dollars a day. She had hoped to work overseas as adomestic worker[111]in theMiddle East[112]. “I hope to work abroad as we are poor. I want my children to finish college,...
As of the moment, there are no “face to face” classes yet in the country. The Department of Health (DOH) is not yet recommending it since most areas of the country still have active cases of COVID-19. President Rodrigo Duterte is thus far not yet inclined to allow “face-to-face”...
I think it's mostly covid restrictions that the Philippines are applying even to US citizens. The fact is that it's a huge pain to go to the Philippines given their policies, and me and my Filipino wife will not even try for quite some time. I assume many others are thinking the sam...
France. Meant to commemorate the years of Filipinos lobbying for the independence of the Philippines to be recognized, it was planned to be situated at the intersection of Plaza Burgos and Taft Avenue, near theManila City Halland the Old Legislative Building (now theNational Museum of Fine Arts...
“It’s just a matter of protecting and defending you from COVID-19. That’s about it.” It was not immediately clear when all the measures would take effect but Duterte said the prohibition on domestic sea, air and land traffic in and out of Manila would start Sunday. ...