The viral load of the Delta COVID variant is so much greater than the original SARS-CoV-2 that it has managed to infect some fully vaccinated individuals and even children.

Lockdowns aim to contain the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. But they unintentionally unleash a worse killer, tuberculosis.

With the re-imposition of the hard lockdown all over the national capital region starting today, both chambers of the 18th Congress have decided to also suspend their respective plenary sessions.

The Department of Health yesterday reported the detection of 116 Delta variant cases, bringing the total number of the highly transmissible virus in the country to 331.

President Duterte has cited the contribution of the United Kingdom’s outgoing ambassador in improving the Philippines’ access to COVID-19 vaccines.