Mandaue health office urges residents to get booster shots

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/27/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines- The Mandaue City Health Office is encouraging residents to get the COVID-19 booster shots to be more protected amid the threat of Omicron subvariants. Dr. Dominga Obenza, the city health officer, said people should…

Gov’t adviser notes ‘early signals’ of another COVID surge

Kathleen de Villa - Reporter 05/26/2022

MANILA, Philippines — “Early signals” of another surge in COVID-19 infections are being noted, with instances of reversals in the downward trend of cases posted in the past month, according to an adviser of the Inter-Agency Task…

Lack of vaccine supply halts vaccination for  5-11 age group in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Vaccination for minors aged 5 to 11 years old has been temporarily stopped here due to the lack of vaccines.  Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, the head of the City Health Department (CHD), said that the city…

CCPO chief urges public to practice ‘self discipline’ amid pandemic

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) city director Police Colonel Josefino Ligan is urging the public to comply with health protocols amid the continuing fight against COVID-19. This after police here reported 1,825 violators apprehended…

16 barangays in Lapu-Lapu are COVID-free

Futch Anthony Inso 12/22/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Government has 31 remaining active cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), with 16 barangays (villages) now considered free from the virus. In the data prepared by Grace Carungay, head of the…

Mandaue City has seven new cases, five recoveries in latest COVID count

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/09/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—Mandaue City logged seven new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) while five  recovered as of Thursday, October 8, 2020. According to data released by the city’s Public Information Office Facebook page on Thursday…

Talisay City’s latest COVID-19 update: One new case, one recovery

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City recorded one new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) case and one recovery based on its latest update as of October 7, 2020. The city has been recording less than three cases per…

Only one new COVID-19 case for Talisay City on Sept. 29

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City only recorded one case of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. This was based on a late-night post by the Talisay City Public Information Office (PIO) on Wednesday,…

No new COVID-19 case in Talisay City for second straight day

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City recorded no new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for the second day in a row as of September 22, 2020. In a late-night post on September 23, 2020, the…

9 new COVID-19 cases in Talisay City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City recorded nine new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. In a late night post, the Talisay City Public Information Office (PIO) revealed that Barangay San…

Talisay City’s COVID-19 recoveries reach 400

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City, the component city of Cebu Province with the highest number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), has totaled more than 400 recoveries as of July 23, 2020. In a late evening post,…

Cebu City hits 7K-mark in COVID-19 cases

Rosalie Abatayo 07/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With 146 additional cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, Cebu City’s case tally has gone past the 7,000-mark based on the Department of Health in Central Visayas’ (DOH-7)…

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