Philippine schools reopen; vice-president says it’s ‘victory’ for education
With schools opening once again, “this is also a victory for all the teachers, support staff, parents… and all education stakeholders,” vice-president Sara Duterte said.
With schools opening once again, “this is also a victory for all the teachers, support staff, parents… and all education stakeholders,” vice-president Sara Duterte said.
He will likely cancel his trip to Tunisia, where he was scheduled to attend the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Aug 27-28.
Health ministry spokesperson Vandine encouraged municipal and provincial authorities, and all Covid-19 vaccine teams to give people booster shots to increase community immunity.
All government employees including civil servants, non-civil service contract staff and post-retirement service contract staff will benefit from the leave.
The man arrived in Indonesia on Aug 8 and developed fever and rashes a week later.
The issue of vaccines going to waste is likely to continue as more are scheduled to arrive in South Korea by the end of this year.
The latest vaccine advice says boosters are recommended to all aged 18 and up, as well as clinically vulnerable children aged 12 to 17, if their last infection was three months or…
The move is intended to help obtain test kits from home at any time, as hospitals and outpatient clinics have been under pressure amid the current wave of infections.
The daily number of new cases of novel coronavirus infection exceeded 255,000 nationwide, marking a record high for the first time in eight days.
Legislators expressed concerns about Hong Kong students unable to go to the mainland in time to start their college owing to a lack of quarantine quotas.