British lawyer Karim Khan is set to assume the post of retiring International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on June 16, 2021. Bensouda said a decision on whether to investigate the "crimes against humanity" that allegedly took place in the conduct of President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug campaign will be issued before she steps down.
Several Facebook users circulated last weekend a supposed “announcement” about a “circuit-breaker lockdown” in Metro Manila for at least two weeks starting March 22 following a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections.
Herd immunity ー the indirect protection from an infectious disease among the population ー is the goal that most governments, including the Philippines, hope to achieve in one to two years’ time through vaccination against COVID-19.
The very first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines were officially administered at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and five other referral hospitals in Metro Manila on March 1.
After a five-day delay, the much-awaited first shipment of 600,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine from China arrived in the country on Sunday, Feb. 28. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr. earlier said the Feb. 23 delivery was already cast in stone, but it wound up being delayed because manufacturers wanted an indemnity agreement.
