MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) assured that it is boosting measures against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Visayas and Mindanao, which both grapple with a surge in infections. In a virtual presser on Friday, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the Bicol Region in Luzon, the regions of Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, Soccsksargen, Caraga, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have logged a two-week growth rate in new cases while those in the National Capital Region (NCR) and its neighboring areas are on a decline. “Patuloy po ang

MANILA – Fully vaccinated individuals should keep their vaccination cards as the government prepares a digital identification system to verify the Covid-19 vaccination status of an individual. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the Department of Information and Communications Technology is expected to launch the digital vaccine ID within a month. “I think in a few weeks, around one month, we will complete this digital card, and hopefully a QR code system also system wherein the vaccine ID will be centralized and consolidated and in digital form,” Lopez said in a Laging Handa public briefing Friday.

MANILA – An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday assured that they are doing all their best to ensure that the conduct of elections next year is safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We would like to assure the good senator (Senator Francis Pangilinan) and the public that the Comelec is doing anything it can to make sure that the elections are safe. Remember the Comelec controls certain areas of the elections, particularly filing of the certificate of candidacy, the conduct of the campaigns, the conduct of the election day, and the counting and canvassing as well as