Nine barangays with 23 sub-villages here were again put under granular lockdown as cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) increased a bit in this city. These areas were first placed under strict community quarantine in August. Mayor Josemarie Diaz said on Thursday the localized lockdown was again imposed to curb coronavirus cases, which hiked to 92 on Tuesday from 73 on Sept. 8. The average daily attack rate was placed at 6.80 percent, up from 6.01-percent last week. Placed under lockdown from 12 noon of Sept. 16 until 8 p.m. on Sept. 21 were Purok 1, 5 and 7, Capitol Hills

Two more police officers died of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), raising the police force’s death toll to 112. The latest data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Health Service on Thursday showed Patient 111 is a senior master sergeant who died of acute respiratory failure while Patient 112 is a corporal who succumbed to pneumonia. It added that Patient 111 was partially vaccinated while Patient 112 was fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, 254 more police officers recovered from the disease, bringing the recovery count to 35,010 out of a total of 37,734 infections since the start of the pandemic. Another 186 new

The bulk of Covid-19 vaccine deliveries this September will come from US manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna, as more than 14.89 million doses are expected to arrive in the country in the coming weeks. This was announced by National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. following the reallocation notice from the COVAX Facility, as well as the latest update from Moderna on the deliveries of government and private sector-procured vaccines. “We are very pleased with this good news, especially that many of our local government units, particularly those in the provinces, have started to

The Philippines has administered 40,030,388 doses of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine nationwide as of September 15, the National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) reported Thursday. The NTF vaccination dashboard data showed 22,354,429 have received the first shot while 17,675,959 have completed two doses. The average daily jabs administered in the last seven days stood at 407,696 doses with 2,010 operating vaccination sites nationwide. Vaccine czar and NTF chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said more than 34 million Covid-19 vaccines are slated to be delivered within this month. The Philippines has so far accumulated 57,547,610 doses of Covid-19

The city government opened Thursday a new isolation facility at Bangbangolan Elementary School to cater to the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases here. In a phone interview, City Health Office (CHO) medical officer Dr. Joseph Alves said the facility can accommodate 70 Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic. “Oxygen tanks are on standby in the area and this is the 10th isolation facility in the city,” he said. Another isolation facility is being set up at the Special Education Integrated School in this city while the water supply in Archives and Pias isolation facilities is being fixed. “Ang nasabing

Three people were confirmed dead and 60 others were sent to hospital after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Luxian County of Luzhou City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Among those hospitalized, three were seriously injured, according to the city’s emergency management bureau. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the earthquake occurred at 4:33 a.m. The epicenter was monitored at 29.2 degrees north latitude and 105.34 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers. Approved by the provincial government, the earthquake relief headquarters of Sichuan has activated a level-II response, the second highest in China’s four-tier earthquake emergency