The Department of Health (DOH) said that the over two million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that recently arrived in the Philippines will be administered as first dose as these are set to expire in June and July. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo from PCOO/ Manila Bulletin File...
The Department of Health (DOH) tallied 4,734 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours. DOH/MB This is the lowest number of new cases reported in a single day since March 17, wherein 4,387 cases were detected then. Based on Tuesday's case update, the country's total caseload...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, May 11, defended the Department of Health (DOH) on its plan to apply for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by China's Sinopharm. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo...
Malacañang on Tuesday, May 11, said it has yet to be determined whether there is community transmission of the Indian COVID-19 variant B.1.617 in the country to warrant the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble....
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, May 11, announced the presence of the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in the country. DOH/MB DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the variant was detected in two returning overseas Filipinos through the conduct of genome sequencing. "Nais...
More Filipinos will now be inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB This in view of the arrival in the country on Monday, May 10, of the first 193,050 doses of donated Pfizer vaccines from the World Health Organization-led Covax facility. The national government led by the...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is not procuring the antiviral drug Remdesivir being used by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. DOH/MB Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the DOH does not have a procurement for Remdesivir because it has no certificate of product...
The Sinopharm vaccines donated by China to the Philippines have not yet been returned to the donor, a Palace official said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte gets the first dose of a Sinopharm vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco Duque III at the Malago Clubhouse on May 3, 2021. (Malacañang...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, May 10, said 25 percent or 501,600 of the more than two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in the country last Saturday from the Covax Facility have been allocated to the National Capital Region (NCR). (DOH / MB) In a virtual forum, Health...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 6,846 new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on Monday, May 10. (DOH / MB) The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 8,193 new recoveries and 90 new deaths. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 1,108,826. Total recoveries climbed to...
The Department of Health (DOH) said those who went to the Gubat sa Ciudad resort in Caloocan City over the weekend must undergo a 14-day quarantine. DOH/MB Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this needed in order to ensure that there will be no transmission of the coronavirus disease...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, May 9, logged 7,174 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections. doh The newly confirmed coronavirus patients pushed the country's total number of active cases to 61,294. Majority of them or 93.8 percent were mild, 2.1 percent were showing no symptoms,...
