VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Amid new COVID-19 virus variants, here’s how the Philippines can prevent another surge
The novel coronavirus has changed more than 10,000 times since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The novel coronavirus has changed more than 10,000 times since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
As the Philippine government continues to roll out coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to its target of 70 million people, anti-vaccine advocates shared a social media post in May wrongly claiming COVID-19 vaccines contain fetal tissue.
Health experts underscored the need to “increase the pace of vaccination” as the Philippines' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections breached the one million mark on April 26.
The Philippines welcomed the second quarter of 2021 with record-high numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Currently at over 864,000, a research group has predicted that the nationwide count for local coronavirus infections will reach one million by the end of the month.
During the first six months of 2021, International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is expected to decide whether to recommend launching an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs.