President Duterte simply wants coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing to be accurate. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) This was Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque's take Tuesday, Sept. 21 regarding President Duterte's order for the Department of Health (DOH) to probe the supposed...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to recall government decision to require people to wear face shields as an added protection against COVID-19. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco- coat and tie In a letter sent to Duterte on Monday, Sept. 20, Velasco cited economic and...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported 16,361 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Sept. 21, while the death toll already surpassed the 37,000-mark. The DOH noted that four laboratories "were not able" to submit their data to the DOH system on time. Their data are not yet...
A Department of Health (DOH) official on Tuesday confirmed that there were nearly 8,000 COVID-19 tests kits procured by the DOH and the Department of Budget and Management’s procurement service (DBM-PS) that had expired. DOH Assistant Secretary Nestor Santiago confirmed this after he was asked by...
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday questioned administration officials whom he alleged are allowing themselves to be used by President Duterte to destroy the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) despite all the assistance the humanitarian organization extended to the government since the COVID-19 pandemic...
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday hit back at President Duterte saying he is not afraid of the chief executive’s attempts to destroy him over the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the alleged anomalies in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies that they...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 20 said the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now the most common lineage in the country. DOH/MB This as the Health department reported the detection of 319 additional Delta cases, 13 Alpha and 9 Beta cases in the latest whole...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 20 reported 18,937 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB The additional new cases brought the total number of cases n the country to 2,385,616. The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 20,171 new recoveries and 146 new deaths. Total...
DAVAO CITY – The local government of Davao had asked the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao to allow the administration of booster shots for healthcare workers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as cases in Davao City are surging amid the presence of COVID-19 variants , particularly the...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 20 said the effects of the implementation of the new alert level scheme in Metro Manila will likely be seen after two to three weeks. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "We just started our implementation of this pilot in the National Capital...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is not recommending antigen testing during the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) as what the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is planning to do. DOH/MB "We don't recommend the rapid antigen test kits to be used as screening for people, who will vote...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 20 said experts are still studying the inclusion of individuals aged 12 to 17 years in the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Sa ngayon ay hindi pa natin nabibigyan ng rekomendasyon itong...
