COVID-19 VACCINATION – Davao City residents flock to the city's biggest vaccination hub at the Azuela Cove in Lanang to avail themselves of COVID-19 vaccines. The vaccination hub could serve at least 1,000 recipients per day. (Keith Bacongco) An informed consent is still needed before an...
(Unsplash / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) has reminded the public on Tuesday to also take care of their mental health as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose various challenges in human life. People may experience stress or anxiety during this time of...
In an apparent reaction to President Rodrigo Duterte’s warning on jab rejection, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles urged the Department of Health to further boost government’s pro-vaccination messaging by lifting stringent safety protocols for vaccinated people by allowing them to play...
A member of the Department of Health's Technical Advisory Group said there is a need to keep out the Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant as it is very dangerous. DOH/MB "We need to keep out the Delta variant which is very dangerous," Dr. Edsel Salvana said in a meeting with President...
An official of the Department of Health (DOH) has assured that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines will be equitably allocated. DOH/MB "We are still going to follow the prioritization framework. Rest assured that these vaccines will be equitably allocated," Health Undersecretary Maria...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 5,249 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, June 21. DOH/MB This brought the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,364,239. The DOH case bulletin also showed 7,053 new recoveries and 128 new deaths. The total number of recoveries...
As four new cases of the Delta coronavirus variant have been detected in the country, the government is determined to keep the tight border controls to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible virus strain. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine to an airport employee at...
The Department of Health (DOH) said local government units are on heightened alert to prevent the further entry of the Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant. DOH/MB "We will uphold the directive of the Inter Agency Task Force and the President because we want to prevent further entry of this...
A total of 8,407,342 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered as of June 20, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. DOH/MB Data released by the DOH showed that 6,253,400 have received their first dose, while 2,153,942 have already completed the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday, June 21 urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to put in place mechanisms that would protect the country’s health care workers (HCWs) from acquiring the Delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease to abate a collapse of...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, June 21, reported the detection of four additional Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases, 14 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases, 21 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases, and one Theta (P.3) variant case. DOH/MB Citing the latest whole-genome sequencing report, the Health...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded over 5,000 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country. In the latest case bulletin on Sunday, a total of 5,803 more cases were detected, raising the nationwide count to 1,359,015. There were 57,679 cases that remained active. Of...
