DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire Countries worldwide are vulnerable to the threats brought about by the emerging variants of the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, July 9. “Lahat ng bansa ngayon vulnerable sa variants. Walang...
Total vaccine administered as of July 8, 2021 (Source: DOH) The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than 12 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered nationwide. A total of 12,703,081 Filipinos have already already been vaccinated against the...
The offer to sell a tertiary hospital in Quezon City has fueled speculations that private health care establishments are struggling financially as a result of the on-going public health crisis triggered by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. MEDICAL CHECK UP Anakalusugan Partylist...
The Manila Health Department (MHD) has issued a memorandum to all private hospitals, institutions, corporations, groups, organizations and private entities in the city calling for their strict compliance with City Ordinance No. 8740 which prohibits the sale of vaccines which are being given to the...
Local officials want residents and travelers entering Western Visayas region to present test results they are negative for COVID-19. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin/FILE PHOTO) The government’s pandemic task force has allowed local government units (LGUs) to still have an option of requiring fully...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) has issued an administrative order (AO) aimed at eliminating industrially-produced trans fatty acids (TFA) in the country's food supply by 2023. The DOH urged food manufacturers to remove TFA in their products within the next two years. "By 2023, we hope that...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) reported 5,484 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, July 8. The nationwide case count rose to 1,455,585 since the pandemic hit the country last year. Of the total, 49,036 or 3.4 percent were active caseswith 90.9 percent were having mild symptoms, 3.7 percent were...
(Photo from Unsplash) The government’s pandemic task force is set to discuss once again the travel protocols within the Philippines for fully vaccinated individuals, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the public need to present a negative RT-PCR test...
A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, April 24, 2020. (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) welcomed the pronouncement of the Octa...
DOH/MB The country's total number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is now at 1,450,110 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 4,289 new cases on Wednesday, July 7. Active cases in the country stood at 47,519. This figure is equivalent to 3.3 percent of the total case count,...
A senior citizen receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Angono, Rizal. (Angono Public Information Office) The Department of Health (DOH) urged senior citizens once again to help the government strengthen its fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by getting vaccinated against the viral illness. DOH...
FILE PHOTO The Beta variant is the most "common" variant among the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive samples that were subjected to genome sequencing, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “ na po ang pinaka karaniwan ngayon na nakikita sa biosurveillance, umaabot po ng 21.1 percent...
