President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday admitted that closing businesses amid a spike in Covid-19 cases nationwide would spell “disaster” for the Philippine economy.
In a virtual meeting with President Rodrigo Duturte, Galvez said additional 400,000 doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac jabs donated by the Chinese-government will arrive on March 24.
The National Task Force Against COVID-19 allows all Filipinos to enter the country based on the revised memo on travel restrictions. Foreign nationals are suspended from entering the Philippines from March 22 to April 21.
President Rodrigo Duterte has called on the government's communication entities to help keep the people empowered through unbiased, truthful, and credible reportage.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night said he wanted government agencies to bring Covid-19 vaccination to the slum areas, stressing that “mobile” vaccination would provide easy access to poor families who do not have means to travel to hospitals.
The bulk of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the second quarter this year, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. assured on Sunday.
In a speech in Negros Oriental, Duterte lamented that many low-income settlements within urban areas are often cramped with little space to observe physical distancing.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday signed an executive order liberalizing access to satellite services, which in turn will open opportunities for telecommunication companies to provide better Internet services and access nationwide.