The Department of Health (DOH) will present to the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) its updated recommendation on the use of face shields this week. DOH/MB "Our experts, together with DOH of course will update the current review of evidence for this face shield use in this pandemic response. So we...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo will appoint a new Department of Health (DOH) secretary if elected president, emphasizing the need for someone “competent” and “accountable". Former Health secretaries Manuel Dayrit and Esperanza Cabral join presidential aspirant Vice...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the public to remember to abide by the minimum health and safety protocols set by the government to ensure that the fight against the COVID-19 would be successful even as authorities gradually ease pandemic-related restrictions...
Knowledge is key in protecting yourself and your furbabies from rabies PROTECT YOUR BESTFRIEND Philippines Payatas Mass Dog Vaccination We can’t help but love our pets. They provide us companionship and comfort, which can benefit us in many ways, especially now that we’re spending more time at...
AC Health, a member of the Ayala Group of Companies, has administered over 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, breaching the halfway mark of its one million-dose target. Since its official launch in July, AC Health, through its COVIDShield program, has been inoculating members of priority groups...
DOH The country on Sunday recorded 2,605 new people who were confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Since last year, a total of 2,803,213 COVID-19 cases have been detected in the Philippines. Of this tally, 33,526 remained as active cases. Of those who are still ill, 66...
A farmers group hit the proposal of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and Department of Health (DOH) to make vaccination mandatory for specific sectors and urged to make economic aid mandatory instead. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday reiterated his call for concerned government agencies to exert more efforts at further raising public awareness and confidence on COVID-19 vaccines, insisting that vaccination can lead toward achieving herd immunity and a return...
Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 as the Metro Manila eases to Alert Level 3 for COVID-19. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Philippines logged 2,656 fresh cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Nov. 6, with active cases still below 40,000. The total number of...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement restrictions in Metro Manila in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said there is a possibility that the country's active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases may drop further...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently evaluating the need for people to wear face shields in areas with a low number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the use of a face shield was...
DOH Another 2,376 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were detected nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Based on Friday's COVID-19 update, the number of active infections in the country stood at 37,377. Of these active infections, 69 percent have mild symptoms, 13.94 percent...
