Sen. Go tells public: Get vaccinated, avail of booster shots

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/21/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Senator Christopher “Bong” Go who chairs the Senate committee on health and demography, is encouraging everyone to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and avail of booster shots following the discovery of new variants…

PRO-7 director urges personnel to get vaccinated

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) said 187 of its personnel are currently infected with COVID-19 virus. Police Brigadier General Ronnie Montejo, PRO-7 director, said that out of 187 personnel who were…

‘Spike not surge’ in COVID cases in Cebu City – officials

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City ended the month of January with its number of new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increased by several folds compared to figures logged in December 2020. Data from the…

Guadalupe imposes stricter rules vs COVID-19 every Sunday

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In an effort to prevent the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from further spreading, barangay officials of Guadalupe, Cebu City will be reimplementing stricter protocols. Last January 22, village officials led by captain, Michael…

Minglanilla ‘Covid-free’ as of Dec. 12

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another town in Cebu province declared itself free from confirmed cases of the new coronavirus disease. The local government unit (LGU) of Minglanilla in southern Cebu announced on December 11, 2020, that it…

Active cases in CV down to 691

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Central Visayas went down below the 700-mark as of Friday, December 11, 2020. This after the Department of Health in the region (DOH-7),…

Only 35 new cases in Cebu City during 1st week of November

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City had a good start this November with only 35 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported during the first seven days of the month. Data from the Department of…

Cebu City logs only 1 new case for Nov. 2

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City on Monday, November 2, recorded its lowest number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since June. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) announced in its latest COVID-19 bulletin issued…

44 out of 80 Cebu City barangays have zero active cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The deputy chief implementor for Cebu City’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) welcomed Mayor Edgardo Labella’s move to provide cash incentives for barangays that could achieve zero…

Minglanilla’s active cases ‘slightly rise’ to 26

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The number of active coronavirus cases in Minglanilla town in southern Cebu has slightly risen to 26 as of October 21, 2020, local officials announced. This developed after health officials there recorded more…

DOH-7 recommends MGCQ for Cebu City until mid-December

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Recent statistics has shown that the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Cebu City may have massively improved in the past few weeks but health officials here are still reluctant to…

Cebu City breaches 10k mark in COVID cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City on Friday, October 2, breached the 10,000-mark in its cumulative number of confirmed coronavirus disease cases. The city also logged 14 new patients on the same day, the latest bulletin from…

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