HEADS UP: What You Need to Know About July 2021 Quarantines

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, July 1.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Volcanic smog from Taal has reached Metro Manila and Central Luzon provinces as far as Zambales in the northeast. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
• Here are the final quarantine classifications for the month of July.
• Travelers from these countries need just seven days of quarantine upon arrival in the Philippines.
• The National Planetarium will reopen starting today. Here’s how you can book a visit.

VACCINE NEWS

• San Juan City in Metro Manila is the first LGU to roll out the Moderna vaccine.
• Japan will donate one million AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the Philippines, set to arrive on July 8.
• Quezon City has kicked out eZConsult as its vaccine appointment-setting platform due to complaints over long waiting times. Confirmed bookings still hold.

2022 ELECTIONS

• The opposition will benefit should disagreements between President Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Manny Pacquiao split the administration party PDP-Laban, Liberal party vhice chairman Franklin Drilon said.

CULTURE EXPLAINED

• Here’s the origin of the superstition that broken mirrors bring seven years of bad luck.
• The original story of Cinderella had a feminist bent — women helping women — until men changed the narrative.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Vice President Leni Robredo looked back on the rollercoaster ride that was the first five years of her six year term, as her office got the highest possible rating from COA for the third straight year.
• Based on progress made to reopen to the world, the Philippines ranked second to the last out of 53 economies in Bloomberg’s COVID Resilience Index.
• Valenzuela City suspended the employer of a factory worker who paid him two days wages purely in centavo coins. The worker will also receive P55,000 in compensation.
• Pope Francis has extended his condolences to the Philippines over the death of former President Noynoy Aquino.
• It’s budol time for bibliophiles as the Big Bad Wolf virtual store opened yesterday.
• Scientists have developed sensors that can detect the coronavirus while mounted on clothing like face masks and jackets.
• The Delta variant is pushing Indonesia’s health system to the brink, according to the Red Cross.
• Huawei has set up a physical booth at MWC Barcelona, the world’s largest mobile tech fair, to fight for its share of the device and 5G tech market.