COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) has announced the presence of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the country, involving 14 individuals. “We have detected 14 individuals with BA.2.12.1,” said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on Friday, May 13. Of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed its gratitude to the country’s health workers for their service amid the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Thursday, May 12, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the health workers are “the backbone of our...
Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The national government is still aiming to fully vaccinate at least eight to nine million Filipinos against Covid-19 by the end of Duterte's administration in June, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “If our target is 77 million hanggang sa...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) More than 7,000 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the different temporary vaccination sites that were set up near voting centers on election day, the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has already considered the case of the Finnish woman, who was identified as the country's first Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 case, as closed. “We've considered this case closed already because of the time log dahil nakita rin naman natin with our close monitoring...
(FILE PHOTO) The Philippines remains under the minimal-risk classification for Covid-19 as the daily number of cases continues to decrease, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Kung titingnan natin ang national data, bumababa pa rin po ang ating mga cases. Nationally, 1,115 new cases lamang ang...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said more than 300 vaccination sites have been set up near polling places on election day. “As of the latest report received today,...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported 1,124 new cases of Covid-19. It noted that the figure was from May 2 to 8. "Sa mga bagong kaso, 14 sa mga ito ang may malubha at kritikal na karamdaman. Samantala, mayroon namang naitalang 42 na pumanaw kung saan 8 ay naganap noong Abril 25...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) has welcomed the move of President Duterte to sign into law a measure that grants mandatory continuing benefits to the country's medical workers during public health emergencies. Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11712 or the "Public...
glen-carrie-wzKHNVTZmZo-unsplash The country is already prepared to conduct the national and local elections on Monday, May 9, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the government “had long been...
(FILE PHOTO) The Philippines is only recording an average of 184 new Covid-19 cases each day. Despite this, the Department of Health (DOH) urged the public not to let their guards down. “Ukol po doon sa mga Covid cases natin, tuloy-tuloy pa rin po ang pagbaba ng ating mga kaso. Ngayon po,...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that vaccination sites will be set up near polling places on election day to entice more people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. "Para naman doon sa ating mga kababayan, may sinet-up po tayong vaccination sites sa lahat ng polling precinct (For our...
