Health

IATF shortens quarantine period for fully vaccinated people

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has shortened to seven days the quarantine period for fully vaccinated individuals...

US completes delivery of 5.57 million Pfizer vaccine doses to PH

The United States government has completed the delivery of its donated 5.57 million Pfizer vaccine doses to help boost the Philippines' response against the...

Galvez optimistic PH daily vaccination rate to increase in next months

National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday expressed optimism that the country's daily vaccination rate will soon increase...

Expert says Covid reproduction number nationwide going down

The effective reproduction number (Rt) of Covid-19 cases in the country, now at 0.83, continues to drop, an infectious disease expert said Wednesday. In a...

Govt sets vaccination goal of 80% for general population

The government has set a higher target in its population protection goal as vaccine deliveries are arriving at a faster pace. From 70 percent of...

DOH logs decrease in Covid cases in NCR

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said reported Covid-19 infections in National Capital Region (NCR) have exhibited a slow downward trend with a...

Business groups want ‘full and fair accounting’ of Covid response funds

A number of business groups and two universities said Filipinos “deserve a full and fair accounting” on the money spent by government for its...

Cebu province steps up Covid vax drive to help tourism sector

In a bid to encourage tourists to visit tourism destinations in Cebu province, government agencies and the private sector held a two-day intensified vaccination...

Covid vaccine doses administered in PH nearing 46 million

The number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the Philippines is nearing 46 million. Based on the National Covid-19 Vaccination dashboard as of Saturday, the...