Published June 27, 2021, 6:19 PM
PNoy was focused on a singular objective: trace, contact and test all of the fellow passengers of ‘Patient One’ who had tested positive for MERS COV the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome caused by a coronavirus.
He marshaled all of the relevant facts: the nature of the disease and how it was spread; the testing of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia and other areas known to have been affected by MERS COV; how the tracing procedures could be improved in light of this particular experience
The MERS COV incident happened five months after he dealt with three consecutive challenges: the Zamboanga siege in September, the Bohol earthquake in October, and Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in November all in 2013.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted President Duterte's invitation to visit the Philippines when circumstances would allow.
(Photo via Genalyn Kabiling)
The invitation was relayed by the President to the Russian leader during their 30-minute phone conversation Tuesday in an effort to
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Around 600,000 doses of vaccines developed by Sinovac Biotech will be delivered to Manila with
President Duterte and some Cabinet members ready to welcome the cargo at the airport.
The arrival of the Sinovac vaccines, donated by the government of
China, comes as the pandemic has infected more than half a million people and severely weakened the local economy.
“Excited na kami dahil bukas darating na ang bakuna. Personal na sasalubungin ni Presidente (We are excited because the vaccines will arrive Sunday. The President will personally welcome the vaccine arrival),” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said over state television Saturday, Feb. 27.
The government is on track to meet its acquisition target of 170 million doses of coronavirus vaccines following the commitments secured from various suppliers abroad, Malacañang announced Tuesday.