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[ad_1] Barangay 315, Zone 35 in the city of Manila will be subjected to a strict blockade starting at 12 midnight on Thursday, March 11. According to the Manila Department of Health, there were 12 active cases of COVID-19 recorded in the area. Screenshot of Radyo Inquirer MANILA, Philippines – …

[ad_1] About 80 to 90 percent of local government units have complied with at least three of the provisions of the latest uniform travel protocols, a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on Wednesday. “We are continuously in dialogue with [the] League of Governors and League …

[ad_1] LOCAL CLOSURE Village guards in Barangay Baclaran, Parañaque city, installed an accordion-type barrier Tuesday on a street leading to a bridge connecting their city with Pasay City, where the most transmissible South African variant of the COVID-virus has been. 19. detected. The variant has also been detected in Parañaque, …

[ad_1] REUTERS / TOBY MELVILLE / FILE PHOTO WASHINGTON – People who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can gather without masks indoors in small groups with other people who have been inoculated, but should avoid nonessential travel and continue to cover their faces in public. The …

[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that the Philippines can still control the spread of new Covid-19 variants through an intensified response from local government units (LGUs) coupled with adherence to minimum public health standards. WHO country representative, Rabindra Abeyasinghe. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA According to WHO Country …

[ad_1] Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday backed the possible redeployment of police and military personnel to enforce minimum health standards in public places amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country. Sotto was reacting to the statement by the secretary of the vaccine czar, Carlito Gálvez Jr., who said …

[ad_1] An expert from the OCTA research group said Tuesday that daily new cases of COVID-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) may reach 5,000 by March 31, as it is possible that the projected reproduction number already has increased. Dr. Guido David from OCTA Research said that the estimated …

[ad_1] REUTERS EMPLOYERS in the Philippines expect to increase wages by an average of 5.6% this year, the slowest pace in more than a decade, as companies remain cautiously optimistic amid the coronavirus crisis, said in a report the global consulting firm Willis Towers Watson (WTW). Citing its latest report …

[ad_1] DEERFIELD, Ill., AND CAMBRIDGE, Mass ..– (BUSINESS WIRE) – Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), a world leader in the production and delivery of sterile drugs, and Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies and vaccines, announced today that they have entered into an agreement …

[ad_1] FILE – In this Tuesday, Jan.7, 2020, file photo, Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after visiting the Canada House in London. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they will no longer cooperate with various British tabloids due to what they call “distorted, false or …