Tag Archives: covid-19PH

Jul 13, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: IATF-EID walks back on policy allowing vaccination cards as ‘alternative’ to COVID-19 tests for domestic travel

In six days, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) retracted its resolution allowing local government units to accept vaccination cards or certificates of quarantine completion of fully vaccinated domestic travelers as “sufficient alternative[s]” to COVID-19 tests before travel or upon arrival at the destination.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: IATF-EID walks back on policy allowing vaccination cards as ‘alternative’ to COVID-19 tests for domestic travel

Jul 1, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gagamitin o hindi gagamitin: Paano nabuo ang polisiya ng gobyerno sa paggamit ng face shield

Sa loob ng pitong oras noong Hunyo 21, binago ng Malacañang pahayag nito tungkol sa paggamit ng mga face shield sa loob ng gusali lamang bilang bahagi ng mga health at safety protocol laban sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gagamitin o hindi gagamitin: Paano nabuo ang polisiya ng gobyerno sa paggamit ng face shield

Jul 1, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: To use or not to use: How the govt’s face shield policy evolved

Within seven hours on June 21, Malacañang backtracked on its pronouncement on confining the required use of face shields indoors as part of health and safety protocols against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: To use or not to use: How the govt’s face shield policy evolved

Jun 23, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Sotto sa kaligtasan ng mga hindi nabakunahan kung kasama ang mga nabakunahan kailangan ng konteksto

Walang pasubaling sinabi ni Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III na ang mga hindi nabakunahan laban sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ay walang dapat katakutan kung napapalibutan sila ng mga taong nabakunahan na. Kailangan nito ng konteksto.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Sotto sa kaligtasan ng mga hindi nabakunahan kung kasama ang mga nabakunahan kailangan ng konteksto

Jun 23, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto claim on safety of unvaccinated persons in the company of those vaccinated NEEDS CONTEXT

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III implicitly claimed that unvaccinated persons against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have nothing to fear if they are surrounded by fully vaccinated individuals. This needs context.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto claim on safety of unvaccinated persons in the company of those vaccinated NEEDS CONTEXT

Jun 18, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque kinontra si Panelo sa pag sampa ng kasong murder laban sa lumalabag sa COVID-19 quarantine

Iminungkahi ni Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na kasuhan ng murder ang mga indibidwal na nakakaranas ng mga sintomas ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ngunit ayaw mag quarantine. Umayon si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, ngunit hindi sumang-ayon si Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque, na sinabing ang mga detalye ay hindi tugma sa mga elemento ng murder.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque kinontra si Panelo sa pag sampa ng kasong murder laban sa lumalabag sa COVID-19 quarantine

Jun 18, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque contradicts Panelo on charging COVID-19 quarantine violators with murder

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has suggested that individuals experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but refusing to go into quarantine should be charged with murder. President Rodrigo Duterte concurred, but Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque disagreed, arguing that the circumstances do not meet the elements of murder.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque contradicts Panelo on charging COVID-19 quarantine violators with murder

Jun 7, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report ng PNA sa PH COVID-19 vaccination rollout nangangailangan ng konteksto

Iniulat ng Philippine News Agency (PNA), newswire service na pinamamahalaan ng estado, na pangalawa ang Pilipinas sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rollout sa Southeast Asia. Ang batayan nito ay isang paghahambing ng bilang ng mga nagamit na bakuna bawat bansa sa rehiyon.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report ng PNA sa PH COVID-19 vaccination rollout nangangailangan ng konteksto

Jun 7, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNA report on PH COVID-19 vaccination rollout needs context

The Philippine News Agency (PNA), a state-run newswire service, reported that the Philippines ranked 2nd in Southeast Asia in terms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rollout. Its basis was a comparison of the number of vaccines administered per country in the region.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNA report on PH COVID-19 vaccination rollout needs context

Jun 6, 2021

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque mali sa pagsabing pareho ang proteksyong nabibigay ng face mask at shield sa COVID-19 vaccine

Sa pagpapaliwanag sa direktiba ng gobyerno sa patuloy na pag gamit ng mga face mask at face shield para makontrol ang transmission at pagkalat ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), inihalintulad ni Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque ang proteksyon mula sa pagsusuot ng mga gamit na pang-proteksiyon sa pagpapabakuna laban sa sakit.

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