READ: Government picks up pace of vaccinationTHE government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination drive is beginning to pick up pace as more vaccine shipments arrive, the Department of Health (DoH) has reported. To further ramp up vaccination efforts, the DoH will set up more vaccination centers, Vergeire said. READ: NCR Plus ready for quarantine shiftTHE NCR Plus is ready for the shift to a general community quarantine (GCQ) with “heightened restrictions,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Friday. READ: Comelec mulls hybrid presidential debateTHE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is likely to conduct a hybrid presidential debate in 2022 amid Covid-19 health restrictions that include a ban on mass gathering. President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night placed NCR plus under general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions from May 15 to 31.

Source: Manila Times May 14, 2021 21:33 UTC