ILOILO CITY – This city has recorded its first pertussis or whooping cough fatality. Citing the Department of Health (DOH), Mayor Jerry Treñas said the victim was a one-month-old baby. The Iloilo City Health Office said the city has 30 pertussis cases as of April 12. Dr. Roland Jay Fortuna,...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said adults who were not vaccinated against pertussis or whooping cough as children should get the 5-in-1 vaccine. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Mayroon silang recommendations—yung experts na magbigay ng vaccine sa adult lalo na kung exposed...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 21 cases of pertussis or whooping cough with one fatality in the Bicol region from January 1 to April 7. In a press statement issued on Thursday, April 12, the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the DOH-Bicol...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano called on the Department of Health (DOH) to address the shortage of vaccine for the highly contagious pertussis or whooping cough amid an increase in cases in the country. Cayetano said the DOH should provide concrete answers on the delivery and availability of the...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – This city has declared a state of calamity due to a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak. The Department of Health-Center for Health Development-Calabarzon reported 276 cases in this city from January 1 to April 6 with 103 confirmed cases. Laguna had the highest number...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa highlighted the “critical need” for vaccination against pertussis, which is a “preventable” disease. Photo from Pixabay “Of the 394 pertussis cases, 70 percent of these were unvaccinated; maraming cases ay hindi nabakunahan kaya...
As of March 30, 2024, the Department of Health (DOH) has reported 1,112 cases of Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, with 54 recorded deaths. The disease is continuously spreading across different regions in the Philippines, mainly hitting children below five years of age. To help the...
Photo from Unsplash Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa on Wednesday, April 10 said the government is making every effort to obtain an adequate supply of pertussis vaccine to address the gap once available vaccine supply is exhausted by May. READ MORE:...
By next month, the Department of Health (DOH) said it is expecting a shortage in the government's pentavalent vaccine supply amid the increasing cases of pertussis in the country. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We anticipate a shortage in the government's pentavalent vaccine supply by May,...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) reported three confirmed cases of pertussis or whooping cough here. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said the patients are all girls from Barangays Tangub, Taculing, and Villamonte aged one- to three-months-old. Tan said...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, April 9, noted the increasing number of pertussis cases in the country since the year 2024 started. (DOH / Manila Bulletin) DOH, in a statement, said that based on the data from Jan. 1 to March 30 showed a total of 1,112 cases since the start of the...
Amid reports of a surge in "whooping cough" cases in the Philippines, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) reassured the public of its coverage for inpatient confinement related to this condition. Photo from PhilHealth PhilHealth President and CEO Emmanuel Ledesma Jr., in a...
