VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The COVID-19 vaccine from Russia, in context
President Rodrigo Duterte’s wish that, by December, the Philippines will be COVID 19-free with the help of Russia’s novel coronavirus vaccine may be delayed.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s wish that, by December, the Philippines will be COVID 19-free with the help of Russia’s novel coronavirus vaccine may be delayed.
Contradicting his spokesman’s explanation, President Rodrigo Duterte said he was “not joking” when he wrongly claimed that gasoline can be used as an alternative to alcohol to disinfect one’s mask or hands.
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia earned the ire of netizens and health experts for publicly shaming doctors who criticized a local memorandum urging provincial officials and employees to perform “tuob” or steam inhalation as means to help contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Although no cure has yet been proven to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the number of recorded patients in the country who have recovered from the disease has steadily risen since mid-April, according to data from the Department of Health (DOH).
The international scientific community is moving at a record speed to develop the first-ever coronavirus vaccine as it races against time with nearly four million people already infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
As the pharmaceutical industry races to find treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Rodrigo Duterte has guaranteed that he will lift quarantine measures in the country once a “cure” is out in the market.
The government started mass testing on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) one month after President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of public health emergency and later imposed a Luzon-wide lockdown to stop the rampaging virus that has afflicted 4,932 persons and claimed the lives of 315, including 21 doctors, as of 4 p.m. on April 13.
Mahalagang marunong tayong mga social media users na tukuyin kung ano ang totoo at kung ano ang peke.
What exactly is the new coronavirus?
Ang ika-2 ng Abril ay tinaguriang International Fact Checking Day. Ano nga ba ang fact checking at bakit ito ginagawa?