(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stand that the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots is not yet officially recommended at this point. “Unang-una, kaya hindi pa mairekomenda ang booster doses, aside from equity of course as a major...
(FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) The number of fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily continue to rise as 13,177 new infections were reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, August 13. The fresh cases set the second-highest number of new cases reported in a...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines increased by 31 percent in the past week amid the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant. “National cases saw an increase in the recent week,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said administration allies and trolls were hard at work spreading false information about Vice President Leni Robredo to divert the public's attention from the Department of Health's (DOH's) supposed mishandling of coronavirus funds amounting to P67 billion....
DOH/MB The Philippines has recorded over 12,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases for two consecutive days. Based on the Department of Health (DOH) latest case update, 12,439 new cases were detected across the country. The figure caused active infections to jump to 87,663 which is 5.2...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday, August 12, expressed anew his dismay over the delay in the release of special allowance and other benefits due for health workers. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Dismayado po tayo sa kinahinatnan ng pondong inilaan ng ating gobyerno para sa mga...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Aug. 12, that the clinical trial protocol and other related documents for the three coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that will be used in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) are now being...
Representative photo of coronavirus (Unsplash) There were 177 new cases of Delta coronavirus variant in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, August 12. Of the new Delta variant cases, 144 are local cases, three are returning overseas Filipinos (ROF), and 30 cases are...
More adverse audit observations were revealed by the Commission on Audit in the handling of the Department of Health of billions of pesos in government funds and in the implementation of its projects even as audit disallowances and suspensions of various transactions have reached over P8.8 billion...
Malacañang said that while it wanted the National Capital Region (NCR) to shift to less strict quarantine classification soon, the government cannot endanger the people's lives if the country cannot take care of those who might get sick because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Manila...
There will be "no sacred cow" if a government agency or official is found liable for any misuse of public funds, Malacañang declared Thursday after the Department of Health (DOH) came under fire over alleged mismanagement of pandemic-related funds. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday said he is open to a possible Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation into the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report regarding the discrepancies it discovered in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of P67.32-billion worth of COVID-19 funds. Despite the...
