Health

[ad_1] All public and private cemeteries, memorial parks and columbariums will be closed for a week during the commemoration of Undas next month. The Inter-Institutional Working Group for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) issued the decision on Thursday in its Resolution 72, 2020 Series as part of its …

[ad_1] CLARK FREEPORT: Large companies or those with total assets of more than P100 million located within special economic zones and other areas under the jurisdiction of investment promotion agencies must provide transportation services for their employees. This was clarified by the Secretary of Labor, Silvestre Bello III, and the …

[ad_1] Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID-19, the newspaper El País reported on Friday. The report came as pharmaceutical companies around the world rushed to produce an effective jab to counter a virus that has now killed more than 940,000 people and …

[ad_1] Logo of the Population and Development Commission. MANILA, Philippines – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep across the world, many families have been affected both financially and physically with industries forced to close stores or enforce layoffs. And on the eve of National Family Week, the Population and …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The government’s COVID-19 task force approved pilot studies on the use of antigen tests to detect the novel coronavirus among local travelers. According to a resolution published Friday, the Interagency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Infectious Diseases allowed authorities to use antigen tests “for …

[ad_1] Jeepney drivers asked for money along a highway in the city of Caloocan on August 8, 2020, as public transportation remained banned amid the COVID-19 quarantine. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News / Archive MANILA (TO UPDATE)– The Philippines will remain in a state of calamity for another year as it …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the state of calamity over the entire Philippines for another year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his Proclamation No. 1021, Duterte extended the state of calamity “for a period of one year, effective from September 13, 2020 to September 12, …

[ad_1] US Under Secretary of State Keith Krach, center, gestures after disembarking from a plane as he arrives at the Taipei Air Force Base Airport, Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Krach is in Taiwan on Thursday for the second visit by a high-level US official in two months, prompting a …

[ad_1] MANILA— COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 279,526 on Friday after the Department of Health reported 3,257 new confirmed cases. This is the eleventh day in a row that the daily count was over 3,000. This despite the fact that 20 laboratories did not submit their data in time …

[ad_1] MANILA – The Supreme Court has firmly denied an attorney’s attempt to force President Rodrigo Duterte to reveal his medical history. FAIR IN: The Supreme Court firmly denies attorney Dino de Leon’s request to release Pres Duterte’s health records. In 3 paragraphs, SC says that no new arguments were …