The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority imposed stricter border control, requiring all persons entering Subic Bay Freeport to show vaccination cards to prevent the further spread of Covid-19 in the area.
Individuals who are unvaccinated against the Covid-19 will only be requested to go home and will not be arrested, Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año clarified.
The Diocese of Dumaguete, in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Social Action Caritas Philippines, continues to bring relief aid to victims of Typhoon Odette in Negros Oriental.
"Ang silver lining talaga natin dito ay marami nang nabakunahan," said Presidential Adviser on Covid-19 response Vince Dizon amid the rise in Covid-19 cases.
“Let us not be greedy..," an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines appealed to the people not to buy essential medicines in bulk if they do not need them.
COVID-19 UPDATE: The number of fresh coronavirus infections in the country soared to 33,169, the highest since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the Department of Health reported on Monday.
Senator Panfilo Lacson pushes for a free Covid-19 testing program as it should be a part of the public services offered by the government that will help manage the surge in positive cases.