BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization's European regional office have developed a tool to evaluate the public health effectiveness of contact tracing solutions, according to a statement on Monday. The tool, described as...
Despite the challenges brought by the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to assist and expand its services to those in need - particularly patients with chronic kidney disease and their relatives. Kidney failure is one of the top 10 leading...
The final protocol for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials is expected to be finalized this weekend, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, June 18. A laboratory worker places a test tube containing a patient’s sample into a box during...
Coronavirus infections in Africa are surging as a third wave of the pandemic gathers pace on the continent, fuelled by the spread of more contagious variants, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. "Africa is in the midst of a full-blown third wave. The sobering trajectory of surging cases...
The Australian government has committed an additional AUD13.72 (P480.2 million) to help the Philippines procure COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines, Australian Ambassador to Manila Steven J. Robinson AO announced on Thursday. Australian Ambassador Steven J. Robinson, AO In a tweet,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are pushing for the safe reopening of schools despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "With the COVID-19 pandemic now well into its second year, safely reopening...
The World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials could possibly include barangays in Visayas and Mindanao with high cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday night, June 11. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP /...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to relay to the Philippines the final schedule of its solidarity vaccine trials next week as well as the brands of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that will be used in the study. This handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, welcomed on Wednesday, June 2, the World Health Organization's (WHO) approval of the CoronaVac vaccine made by Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech for emergency use against the...
In this file photograph taken on March 1, 2021, a health worker holds up a vial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during the first phase of vaccinations for health workers at a hospital in Manila. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) The World Health Organization (WHO)'s approval on the COVID-19...
Malacañang was happy with the inclusion of the coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac made by Sinovac in the emergency use list (EUL) of the World Health Organization (WHO), saying this would further boost the public's confidence about the shots. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a vial of coronavirus...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The WHO said Tuesday that only one strain of the COVID-19 Delta variant first detected in India was now considered "of concern", while two other strains had been downgraded. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for India's...
