We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more, please click this link.
It was my first, and I hope the last, time to get COVID, more than two years into the pandemic. I was going to title my column “To hell and back” but no, bad as it was,…
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 outbreak that had begun just a few months earlier in Wuhan, China, was a global pandemic. A pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide,…
MANILA, Philippines — Despite measures in place and ramped up vaccination programs, the Philippines’ status hardly changed in Bloomberg’s COVID-19 resilience ranking among nations amid the highly transmissible Omicron threat at the start of the year. The…
OSLO — Norway on Saturday lifted its final Covid restrictions, scrapping social distancing and masks in crowded spaces despite a surge in Omicron infections. “The metre is disappearing. We are taking away the recommendation on social distancing,”…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — There are now more recoveries of the COVID-19 than newly reported cases daily in Cebu City. The city has recorded only 75 new cases as compared to 605 recoveries on February 8, 2022.…
CEBU, Philippines — Actress-host Kim Chiu recently shared snippets from her life living as an “independent girl” on her YouTube vlog. The actress revealed that her sister evicted her from home, “Sabi niya ‘Bahala ka na, malaki…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will prioritize typhoon rehabilitation over the threat of the Omicron variant. This was the pronouncement of Mayor Michael Rama following his meeting with officials of the Cebu Provincial government, Mandaue City,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Health officials in Central Visayas urged the public to brace for the highly transmissible Omicron variant even if it has not yet been detected here. An official from the Department of Health in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is reminding all the sites outside the churches that plan to hold the Misa De Gallo to follow health protocols at all times. Councilor Joel Garganera,…
GENEVA — Omicron does not appear to cause more severe disease than previous Covid variants and is “highly unlikely” to fully dodge vaccine protections, a top WHO official told AFP Tuesday. Speaking to AFP, the World…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The much-awaited New Year’s Eve world title unification showdown between Jerwin Ancajas and Kazuto Ioka in Japan was the latest casualty of the emerging Omicron variant of COVID-19 with the fight being postponed. …
WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday identified its first known case of Omicron, discovered in a fully vaccinated patient who traveled to South Africa, as scientists continue to study the risks the new COVID variant could pose.…
We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more, please click this link.