The Department of Health on Friday reported 8,562 new coronavirus infections, pushing the national total to 1,580,824.

With his retirement from military service set for November, Faustino will serve as AFP chief for just three months. 

The military announced Friday that it has identified four more bodies of its personnel who died in the Air Force C-130 plane crash in Patikul, Sulu earlier this month.

A total of 19.5 million CoronaVac shots have been shipped to the country so far, including the one million doses donated by Beijing.

President Rodrigo Duterte decided to recall his termination of the decades-old Visiting Forces Agreement following his meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Thursday night, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. 

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the government’s pandemic task force to extend the ban currently imposed on inbound travelers from 10 countries.

Metro Manila will again be placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine from August 6 to 20 amid the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant, Malacañang announced Friday.

Alert Level 0 indicates normal status, while Alert Level 1 means abnormal.

The Manila City government is set to open its third dialysis center at the Sta. Ana Hospital.

Google yesterday announced a total commitment of $7.5 million in new grant funding and other support to help alleviate the impact of COVID-19 on the Philippines and four other Asian countries.