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Ipinahayag kamakailan ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na ang COVID-19 infection na dulot ng Omicron variant ay “tulad ng pagkakaroon ng trangkaso.” Ang pahayag na ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. recently claimed that a COVID-19 infection caused by the Omicron variant is “like having the flu.” This claim needs context.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured that COVID-19 marshals and safety officers are deployed in polling precincts to make sure that minimum public health standards, such as physical distancing and wearing of masks, are followed.
Netizens on Facebook (FB) and Twitter have falsely claimed that the Department of Health (DOH) will artificially increase the number of COVID-19 cases in the country two days before the […]
Early in the pages of Dr. Joseph Adrian L. Buensalido’s Mikrobyong Maliit, Pandemyang Pasakit: Ang Tinulang Salaysay ng Pandemyang COVID-19, there is a certificate attesting that the holder or owner of the slim volume of 72 pages has lived and survived during the time of the pandemic. In Filipino it states that “I am happy I went past this grim part of history. Many died and did not see the dawn on their native land.”
Walang basehan ang pahayag ng kandidato sa pagkapangulo na si Jose “Joey” Montemayor na ang bakuna laban sa COVID-19 ay may “kabaligtarang” epekto at naglalantad sa mga tao sa impeksyon.
Presidential candidate Jose “Joey” Montemayor’s claim that the COVID-19 vaccine has a “reverse” effect and exposes people to infection has no basis.
One product’s availability online that many find worrisome is tobacco.
Sa ikalawang taon ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nagbigay ng hudyat ang administrasyong Duterte na “magbabago” na ng diskarte ang bansa sa 2022 mula sa isang “pandemic paradigm” tungo sa pamumuhay na kasama ang banta ng virus.
Two years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Duterte administration has signaled the country’s “shift” from a “pandemic paradigm” to learning how to live with the virus in 2022.