Even with the threat of the heavily mutated Omicron variant overseas, the Philippines continues its downward trajectory of new COVID-19 cases.

Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives Linconn Ong and Mohit Dargani were transferred to the Pasay City Jail on Monday, following the Senate’s order.

Officials have since clarified that commercial establishments and employers have the option to require the use of face shields in their respective premises.

The national government will focus on the inoculation of residents of six regions outside Metro Manila in the three-day National Vaccination Days program that started on Monday.

The government is planning to inoculate more minors by early next year to combat the spread of COVID-19, a move now being eyed with the threat of the heavily mutated Omicron variant overseas.

Mayors of the National Capital Region have agreed to resume the implementation of the number coding scheme.

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said there will be no special treatment for Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives Linconn Ong and Mohit Dargani in their transfer to the Pasay City Jail.

During a stakeholders forum organized by NAMFREL on Monday, the Comelec released its COVID-19 preventive measures that will be implemented during the May 2022 elections.

The Philippines has signed an amended supply agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech for the purchase of 20 million more vaccine doses, the National Task Force against COVID-19 said yesterday.

More physicians and health care workers in the country are actively engaging in voting advocacy, refusing to be “fence sitters” in the election of new leaders and unafraid to take a stand and support Robredo’s presidential bid.