FACT-CHECK: Hong Kong will not arrest those still wearing masks

Mar 2, 2023 | Fact Checked by PressOnePH

Netizen falsely claims Hong Kong authorities will arrest anyone caught wearing a mask CLAIM: Hong Kong will arrest anyone wearing a mask after March 1 RATING:  FALSE A netizen falsely claimed in a Facebook post last Feb. 28 that Hong Kong authorities would arrest...

Covid-19: It’s 2020 all over again

Dec 29, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion

China has announced it would be easing its zero-Covid-19 policy next year, beginning on Jan. 8, allowing its citizens to travel once again outside its borders and removing quarantine requirements for tourists visiting Chinese destinations.China was the world’s...

‘Maarte’ sea cucumber bring hope for ‘stronger’ Covid vax, cancer treatment

Dec 20, 2022 | Highlight

Sea cucumber trader Richel Ibale of Ubay, Bohol, sorting stocks to be exported to China. | CONTIBUTED Bolinao, Pangasinan—Sea cucumbers are typical marine critters found throughout the Philippine seas and exported abroad, but studies show it might help in fighting the...

FDA grants EUA to 6 molnupiravir anti-Covid drug brands

Feb 8, 2022 | Church, Nation

Food and Drug Administration (FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued emergency use licenses to six brands of the anti-Covid-19 drug molnupiravir.FDA officer in charge Oscar Gutierrez said the following had each been granted emergency use...

IATF adds 6 provinces to Alert Level 3 list

Jan 27, 2022 | Church, Regions

The Philippine government on Thursday placed six areas under Alert Level 3.Acting Palace spokesman Karlo Nograles said the provinces of Palawan, Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Tawi-Tawi, and Sulu would be under the heightened alert level from Jan. 28 to...