Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged various countries around the world including the Philippines, the health sector learned a lot in terms of response and is now more prepared to confront future contagions, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, March 8. A local...
3.5 percent of deaths in the PH is related to kidney disease One out of 10 adults has Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) worldwide. To make matters worse, mortality rate due to kidney disease is increasing annually. It is projected to be the fifth leading cause of death by 2040. In an effort to reduce...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go once again called for the establishment of Super Health Centers across the country to improve the access of Filipinos to government health services, particularly in rural areas. “As chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, I continue to...
The country registered the lowest rate in terms of its daily new confirmed Covid-19 cases per million people among five of its Southeast Asian neighbors, the Department of Health said on Monday, March 7. SHAH ALAM, Feb. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a nasal swab sample from a man for...
More than a month after battling the Covid-19 variant Omicron, the country has returned to minimal risk-case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, March 7. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said during the President's late...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,297 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, March 7, the first day of its implementation of its weekly case bulletin. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano encouraged city residents set to receive their booster shots to visit health centers near their residence and get the jab against COVID-19. Rubiano said 13 health centers in the city are ready to administer booster shots to those who are scheduled to receive...
DOH Nearly two years after the pandemic was officially declared, the Department of Health (DOH) is set to change its reporting of the Covid-19 situation starting Monday, March 7—with the case bulletin to be released weekly instead of the usual daily update. This shift in case reporting was amid...
Makati CBD skyline A total of 870 fresh Covid-19 cases were confirmed on Sunday, March 6, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Sunday marked the 5th day in a row that the country's daily number of Covid-19 cases remained less than 1,000. It was noted that the National Capital Region, Calabarzon,...
A total of 7,083 participants of the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trials Vaccines (STV) in the country have already received their first dose jabs of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) reported. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Vaccination of five to 11 years old in Pateros (Pateros municipal government) Local government units (LGUs) were encouraged by the Department of Health (DOH) to further boost their Covid-19 vaccination activities before the local election campaign period starts on March 25. “Sana bago po yung...
Despite the decreasing number of Covid-19 infections in the country, an OCTA Research fellow on Sunday, March 6, urged the public to continue adhering to the minimum public health standards, reiterating that the threat of the virus remains. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) “Nandiyan pa ‘yung...
