Health

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 28) – Local CEOs of the National Capital Region have recommended extending the community’s general quarantine status in Metro Manila throughout October, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Monday. The 17 mayors of Metro Manila met with various members of the Interagency …

[ad_1] More than a million deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded worldwide. Paris France: The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has spread across the world, surpassed 1 million on Sunday. The pandemic has devastated the global …

[ad_1] (CNN) – Since taking office in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has helped solidify China’s position as a global superpower and pushed for aggressive foreign policy, making bolder moves in several key spots in Asia. From the South China Sea to the China-India border of the Himalayas, and even …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Senator Franklin Drilon criticized the Duterte administration for cutting the Department of Health (DOH) budget by P49 billion despite hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The proposed national budget for 2021 was drawn up as if there was no pandemic that we had to deal with,” …

[ad_1] The Philippines has probably had the longest COVID-19 quarantine period in Asia. The government clearly took the threat of the virus from the beginning and quite seriously. Although we lacked the ability to test and treat in the early days of the quarantine, I think the lockdown made a …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Police officers across the country have been ordered to monitor bars and other drinking spots within their areas that could become “ground zero” for massive COVID-19 infections. Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, commander of the Covid Shield Joint Task Force, issued the order Sunday after two …

[ad_1] As of Sunday, the number of new coronavirus cases has risen by at least 10% or more compared to the previous week in 21 states, most of them in the West, according to a CNN analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. . Cases are increasing in Alabama, Alaska, …

[ad_1] Former Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Monico Puentevella believes that postponing the upcoming POC elections to a later calendar can be beneficial to everyone. Puentevella, president of Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas and a voting member of the local Olympic body, will present a motion to the POC general assembly …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – A stricter work permit for foreign workers in the Philippines is coming out soon, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said on Sunday. The TUCP said the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC) had reached the final stages of reviewing the Employment Permit for …

[ad_1] (Left to right) Laurentiu, USAid Reachhealth Program ManagerStan, President and CEO of P&G Philippines Raffy Fajardo, USAid Philippines Mission Director Lawrence Hardy 2nd, US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, Regional Director of the DoH Center for Health Development Metro Manila, Corazón Flores and Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso. …