The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday reported the number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases further dropped to 66. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the PNP said this is lower than Sunday’s 88 active cases. Another 25 new recoveries were reported, raising the number of recovered personnel to 48,575 out of a total of 48,769 personnel who got infected since the pandemic started in March 2020. Only three new infections were logged while the death toll remains at 128. Meanwhile, fully vaccinated PNP personnel are now at 97.80 percent or 219,924 of the 224,878 personnel. Those awaiting a
At least 100 children with comorbidities in Olongapo City were inoculated on Monday during the kickoff of a three-day rollout of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination for kids 5 to 11 years old. The inoculation was held at the James L. Gordon Memorial Hospital, where the venue was decorated with a party-like theme complete with toys and balloons. Health workers were wearing colorful headgear to ease the anxiety of the children while being vaccinated. After receiving the vaccine, the kids proceeded to the post-vaccination area for monitoring of any possible adverse effects. “We will monitor them for about 20 minutes,”
Five robbery holdup suspects were killed while another one was wounded in a shootout here, police officials said Monday. Col. Jibin Bongcayao, Maguindanao police director, said the shootout happened around 9 p.m. Saturday in Sitio Midpalaw, Barangay Kauran, Ampatuan town. Bongcayao identified one of the five slain suspects as Mecharis Manonggal. Bongcayao said Manonggal and his companions robbed a convenience store with a restaurant in Barangay Kauran and carted away an undetermined amount of cash. He said a shootout ensued as the suspects while fleeing aboard a multicab vehicle opened fire upon seeing the responding policemen. Capt. Fayeed Cana, the
To protect the pediatric population here, the municipality of Pandi on Monday started the “Resbakuna Kids” vaccination rollout for children aged 5 to 11 in collaboration with the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Education (DepEd). Mayor Enrico Roque said they have designated six vaccination sites — the San Roque Elementary School, Mamerto C. Bernardo Memorial Central School, Masuso Elementary School, Mapulang Lupa Elementary School, Malibo Bata and Malibo Matanda Elementary School Bunsuran Elementary School and Sto. Niño Elementary School. “A total of 1,512 children aged 5-11 are scheduled to be vaccinated today,” Roque told the Philippine News Agency
Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Western Visayas are declining as shown by the negative 74 percent growth rate in the past one to two weeks when compared with the number of cases in the last three to four weeks. During the virtual press briefing Monday, Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH WV CHD) senior health program officer John Richard Lapascua said the region’s average daily cases as of February 20 dropped to 452 when compared with 828 cases in January. The average daily attack rate in the region is low in provinces and highly
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said the police officers who were caught on video removing campaign posters of presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo in Santiago City, Isabela were said to have been requested by the local Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials as part of the ‘Oplan Baklas’. “Hindi po kusang nagtanggal at nagbaklas yung ating kapulisan (the police officers in the video did not remove the campaign posters on their own) (Based on the information) we received, (it) is the election officer po ang humingi po ng tulong sa ating mga (who sought help from our) PNP officers, dahil
