PROMDI party presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Monday, Jan. 10 vowed to push for a P50,000-minimum pay for nurses, medical technologists and other health care professionals to keep them serving the country instead of going abroad for greener pasture. Sen. Manny Pacquiao Rostrum Pacquiao...
COVID-19 shows need to boost production of medical tools in Asia The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it is time for a more diverse medical diagnostics market in Asia, with sustainable local production to meet the local health needs. This was underscored by health and technology experts in a...
The Philippines registered on Monday, Jan. 10 another record-high tally of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases at 33,169. 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 rise of COVID-19...
No recorded cases of the said coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variants IHU and Deltacron/Delmicron have been detected in the Philippines and that the country's local experts are still studying these, the Department of Health said on Monday, Jan. 10. DOH/MB In a statement, DOH said that only the...
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) lamented the shortened quarantine period for medical frontliners exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying it will "further accelerate the proliferation and spread of infection." (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health, through the...
Makati CBD skyline The Philippines logged another record daily high in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases as 28,707 new infections were confirmed on Sunday, Jan. 9. Sunday’s new cases surpassed the previous record-high which was only logged on Saturday, Jan. 8, when 26,458 cases were reported....
The decision on whether or not the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) alert level in Metro Manila would be raised is yet to be discussed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo...
DOH The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved any self-administered COVID-19 antigen test kit in the country so far, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that all antigen tests should still be done by medical professionals...
Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 at a time when Metro Manila was under alert level 3. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines further increased after 26,458 new infections were logged on Saturday, Jan. 8—the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, Jan. 8, clarified its guidelines for quarantine and isolation amid the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country. " would like to clarify that isolation and quarantine period for the general population has not changed," the...
Omicron variant of COVID-19 Could the Omicron coronavirus variant act as a "natural vaccine" and be the "beginning of an end" of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Department of Health (DOH) and some local medical experts disapproved of this notion. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire pointed out...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The government’s pandemic task force has approved the shortened quarantine days for healthcare workers who were already fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Acting Presidential Spokesman Karlo Nograles made the announcement on...
