DOH The Department of Health (DOH) once again urged eligible Filipinos to get their Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to maintain a high level of protection against the disease’s severe form. The DOH reiterated the importance of booster shots as the effectiveness of the two-dose primary vaccination...
DAVAO CITY – The Incident Management Team (IMT) of Mati City reported two new confirmed Covid-19 cases Wednesday, July 13. The city government noted the cases as MC-3947 and MC-3948. They are both from Barangay Don Martin Marundan. According to their Covid-19 status update, one infected is a...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez here has refused to pay the P98-million balance for Covid-19 vaccines bought by his predecessor Evelio Leonardia in 2021. BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo ‘Albee’ Benitez (right) during a recent press briefing at the Bacolod City Government Center,...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) as her top priority bill. Loren Legarda The measure, Senate Bill 5, seeks to provide a comprehensive set of compensation, incentives, and other benefits in acknowledgment of the services these health workers render to the...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said there are no cases of the new Omicron subvariants in the city amid a rise in the Covid-19 tally. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano (Photo from Lani Cayetano on Facebook) “Gayunpaman, kailangan nating pagtuunan ng pansin ang banta ng bagong Omicron subvariants BA.4 at...
An infectious disease expert recently brought up the idea of lifting the suspension of the Dengvaxia vaccine amid rising number of dengue cases in the country, a move that the Department of Health (DOH) is open to. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/MB File Photo Dr. Rontgene Solante noted during...
Learn to live with the Covid-19 virus. Don’t be talkative. Former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel gave this advice as there are reports now that even those who get sick from the existing new Covid-19 variants are not even immune from the other variants out there today. Sen. Aquilino...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, July 12, a total of 60 additional Omicron BA.5 cases in the country. (File photo / Unsplash) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing that 58 individuals are from Region 6 while two others are from Region 11 and 12,...
Despite the continuous rise in Covid-19 cases, the country as well as all its regions remain under low-risk case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, July 12. (MB file photo / Ali Vicoy) In a press briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire disclosed that the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David on Tuesday, July 12, said that the Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila “may be close to peaking, or may have already peaked,” based on the slower increase in growth in the central region over the past week. In an update shared on Twitter, David...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 12, announced that classes for school year (SY) 2022-2023 will begin on Aug. 22, 2022 and end on July 7, 2023. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon in December 2021 (OSDS – DepEd Sorsogon Province Official) DepEd has...
Taguig City recorded 429 new cases of Covid-19 in the last seven days, based on data from the Department of Health (DOH). According to the DOH’s Covid-19 tracker, as of July 11, Taguig has 497 active Covid-19 cases out of 84,798 confirmed cases, 83,760 recoveries and 541 deaths. Vaccination...
