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[ad_1] BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong irrevocably resigned as head of the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing effort after admitting health protocols were violated at a party he had attended with his wife, Arlene, nearly two weeks. before. “It pains me to see my family, and my constituents, distressed by …

[ad_1] TO ADDRESS the drop in immunization coverage in central Visayas, the Department of Health (DOH) 7 launched the “Chikiting Ligtas” Measles, Rubella, and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity at the Consolation Covered Court on January 29, 2021. Phase two of the supplemental immunization activity will be from February …

[ad_1] The Philippines registered 1,849 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 521,413, according to the Department of Health (DoH). The DoH said it no longer identified the top five areas with the highest number of cases due to …

[ad_1] The e-commerce sector could contribute P1.2 trillion to the economy by 2022, representing 5.5% of gross domestic product (GDP), according to the government’s new e-commerce roadmap. This projection is double the 2020 baseline of P599 billion, or 3.4% of GDP, Commerce Secretary Ramón M. López said in the online …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – According to a rumor circulating in the Philippines, the coronavirus vaccine will allow President Duterte to kill people with the push of a button. In other parts of the country of 108 million, memories of a dengue vaccine that has been banned locally are driving people …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker performs a swab test on a vendor at Pritil’s public market amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, on October 8, 2020. REUTERS / Eloisa Lopez MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines was ranked 79th out of 98 countries rated for its …

[ad_1] The IMF warned that the uneven distribution of COVID-19 vaccines runs the risk of exacerbating financial vulnerabilities, especially for border market economies, even though their approval and deployment have boosted expectations for a global recovery and high prices. of risk assets. In its Global Financial Stability update released on …

[ad_1] MADRID – Changes in the tongue, hands or soles of the feet could give an early indication of COVID-19 infection, Spanish researchers found in a study presented Tuesday. The conclusions emerged from an investigation carried out among 666 patients with Covid-19 at the IFEMA field hospital in Madrid established …

[ad_1] HE WILL IMPOSE FINES, EVEN ON HIS WIFE Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, pictured here addressing City Hall workers during a recent flag-raising ceremony, has to give some explanations after a party held at one from the main hotels in the city on January 17. , and that he …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Liquidated funds do not mean they have been “legally disbursed.” Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday after Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) Chairman Dante Gierran said 92 percent of the P15 billion allegedly “stolen” has already been settled. “The settlement is different than the audit,” Lacson said …