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It was President Rodrigo Duterte who ordered the withdrawal.

Midinformation is the term to define misunderstandings and confusion based on scant or emerging evidence, often about emerging scientific knowledge.

VERA Files Fact Check spoke to a local infectious disease expert Marissa Alejandria and public health experts Christin Gilmer and Nat Gyenes from global technology nonprofit Meedan who shared these tips to navigate through uncertainty in health information.

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.

Nowhere in the clip did Marcoleta threaten to imprison Domingo or Duque.

There are no media reports nor official statements from Malacañang that support this.

The photos of people swimming and frolicking on the beach in the central and southern regions are misleading.

More than a year into the #COVID19 pandemic, the Philippines is waging war on two fronts — battling the deadly coronavirus and confronting vaccine hesitancy.

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.

LGUs may still require testing prior to travel. Quarantine is not required except if individuals “exhibit symptoms upon arrival at the LGU of destination.”