In the week through Sept. 18, new COVID infections nationwide averaged 20,218 daily.

Some 10,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been wasted primarily due to “temperature excursion,” the Department of Health said yesterday.

Presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is pushing for a shorter quarantine period for fully vaccinated travelers from North America to encourage them to celebrate Christmas with their family and relatives in the Philippines.

Employees who get infected with COVID-19 may now apply for cash assistance with the Employees Compensation Commission without going to its office.

The P12 billion paid by the government to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. to deliver COVID-19 supplies could have fed at least 1.6 million poor Filipinos or could have obviated the need to secure loans from China to fund a dam project, Sen. Richard Gordon said.