DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is closely monitoring the country's Covid-19 case trend following the detection of the Omicron BA.2.12 subvariant. In a statement, the DOH said it recorded a slight increase in the country's reproduction number. A reproduction number is the average number...
Those experiencing Covid-19 symptoms have been repeatedly advised by the Department of Health (DOH) stay at home and isolate themselves on election day. But according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), as long as they have not undergone any tests to show that they have been infected by the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stance that individuals who are positive for Covid-19 on election day must stay in isolation. In a statement, the DOH said it "does not and will not stop any Filipino from exercising their constitutional right to vote for our country's leaders this...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) said that the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant is 2.5 times more transmissible than the original version of the Omicron coronavirus variant. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this subvariant of Omicron is currently spreading in the United...
(Photo from Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the Philippines’ first BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant case had 44 close contacts. The 52-year-old Finnish woman had nine close contacts in Quezon City, five in Benguet, and 30 while she was onboard a plane going to Manila, said DOH...
COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) has reported the presence of an Omicron coronavirus subvariant called BA.2.12 in the Philippines. The first case of the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant involved a 52-year-old Finnish woman who arrived from Finland last April 2, the DOH announced. “The...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Covax Facility is set to replace at least 3.6 million donated Covid-19 vaccine doses that already expired, said Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III. Duque noted that the replacement of vaccines will be free of charge. "So, yes sir, papalitan po...
The Philippine government will launch on Monday, April 25, the second Covid-19 booster shot program—starting off with immunocompromised adults. “All set na po tayo for (We are all set for the) administration of second booster for immunocompromised population,” said DOH Undersecretary Myrna...
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Department of Health (DOH) asserted that the projection of a possible surge in Covid-19 cases next month, if public compliance to health protocols decreases, is based on...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has observed an uptick in Covid-19 cases in 13 areas of the country. At present, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje noted that the said trend of Covid-19 cases in those areas is not yet considered as a "significant" increase. These areas include Ilocos Norte,...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country's Covid-19 vaccine wastage has been minimal so far— at less than two percent. “This is lower than the 10 percent that the WHO (World Health Organization) has given as a standard for the vaccine wastage all over...
