The Vaccine Expert Panel is studying whether people administered with Sinovac vaccine should be given booster shots to strengthen their protection against COVID, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said yesterday.

Business groups welcomed the call of President Duterte in his State of the Nation Address for the passage of legislative measures intended to help the economy bounce back from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant have been detected in San Juan, the city government said yesterday.

Ten repatriated overseas Filipino workers who arrived in this city this month have tested positive for COVID-19.

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its economic growth forecast for member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN-5) as the recent high COVID-19 infection rates continue to dampen the region’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession.