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No need for border controls, mandatory masking amid new COVID variants — DOH

Department of Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa is not keen on recommending border control amid the increased report of new COVID-19 cases in other countries. In...

China releases journalist jailed for Covid-19 coverage

Shanghai, China—Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for her coverage of Beijing's Covid-19 response, according to...

Understanding COVID-19’s impact on society

“The Draconian approach taken by the Philippine government has given all of the negative effects and none of the possible positives” TO SAY the novel...

Live, work, and connect at lyf

When the pandemic hit us, one of the great things it taught us was quickly adapting to work remotely – that a work-from-home setup...

Covid lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide—study

Paris, France—Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a...

Man vaccinated for Covid 217 times reports no side effects—scientists

Paris, France— A German man who deliberately got vaccinated for Covid-19 a whopping 217 times did not report any side effects from his many...

PH back on its feet—Marcos

Says country has hurdled crises, urges envoys to help nation reach new heights President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared on Thursday that the Philippines has successfully...

DOH reports 3,147 new COVID cases, cites decrease in transmissions

The Department of Health (DOH) reported a decrease in COVID-19 transmissions with 3,147 new cases this week or a daily average of 450 cases. The...

Private hospitals report COVID uptick

The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) has reported a slight increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among its members as...

Be on guard

There is a new COVID variant, classified by the Geneva-based World Health Organization as a variant of interest due to its “rapidly increasing spread.” “WHO...

Health consciousness wears a face mask

Health conscious pedestrians never leave home without their face mask, particularly at this time when COVID-19 cases are on the rebound, according to the...

Vax effective vs. COVID JN.1 — DOH

Existing vaccines against COVID-19 are effective against the new Omicron subvariant JN.1, the Department of Health said on Monday. “We have yet to receive evidence...

‘Rapidly-spreading’ strain now in PH

DOH logs 18 cases of COVID-19 subvariant, urges Filipinos to mask up, get vaccinated The COVID-19 Omicron subvariant JN.1 has already entered the Philippines,...

COVID rate rising in NCR, ‘likely’ to spread — OCTA

Mask use urged as virus ‘still all over the place’ The COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region seems to be peaking, but infections...
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