There has been no significant increase in Covid-19 cases in any part of the country during the observance of holy week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. Locals flock to Balaan Bukid (Holy Mountain) in Jordan town, Guimaras province Friday, April 15. Unlike in the past, the...
Masking has been the keen deterrent since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic two years ago to prevent the disease from further spreading but since cases have not been rising in the past months, some may have been complacent and now the country's health department is looking at a six-digit jump in...
Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Health...
Senate Committee on Health and Demography chair Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday lauded President Duterte for signing into law four local hospital bills which all seek to improve the delivery of healthcare services in various parts of the country. These include measures which will...
The Department of Health (DOH) is seeing a gradual increase of Covid-19 cases in 14 areas under Alert Level 1. (Jansen Romero / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III made the statement at the summary of his report during the President's pre-recorded public address on...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, April 18, said the projection of at least 300,000 active cases of Covid-19 by mid-May is possible should the public continue to neglect minimum health and safety protocols. Passers-by walk in front of a tarpaulin with images of frontliners wearing face...
It is more important to focus on the number of vaccinated people in the country than on the number of Covid-19 cases, World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) representative to the Philippines Dr. Rajendra Yadav said. WHO representative to the Philippines Dr. Rejendra Yadav (Screenshot taken from...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The government is eyeing to start providing second Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some sectors this week, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, April 17. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said they are still waiting for the final...
The Pasig City Health Department will be offering free chest x-ray services to citizens from Monday, April 18 to Friday, April 22, as part of the active case finding (ACF) initiative for early detection of tuberculosis (TB) in the city. ACF will enable the local health department to conduct more...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is still finalizing some arrangements after it pledged to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Myanmar and Papua New Guinea, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. "We are still negotiating with Myanmar... Iyong PNG pinag-uusapan pa (With PNG, it is...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
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