DOH The Department of Health (DOH) is proposing to impose higher excise tax on junk food and sweetened beverages as it is also among the ways to lower the prevalence of obesity in the country. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that obesity is considered a public health concern....
DOH The Philippines saw 2,313 new Covid-19 cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, Sept. 9. According to the DOH Covid-19 tracker, a total of 24,300 individuals are still battling with the viral disease nationwide. Most of the new Covid-19 infections in the last two weeks were...
DOH Hong Kong’s first confirmed monkeypox case who had a history of travel in the Philippines is not a Filipino, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “One thing that we can assure our Filipinos that hindi siya Pinoy, hindi siya Filipino (this person is not a Filipino),” said DOH...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila's Covid-19 cases could reach more than 1,200 to 5,000 per day by next month if the uptake of booster shots remains “slow.” The projection was made by the Australian Tuberculosis Modeling Network (AuTuMN) last Sept. 2, said DOH...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas has warned the public against swimming within the coastal waters of Barangay Catarman, Cordova, Mactan, Cebu due to high levels of fecal coliform. FLOATING or fixed cottages have been mounted off the coastal waters of Cordova town,...
Amid the recommendation to make mask wearing optional outdoors, the Department of Health (DOH) bared that its position is to retain the mandatory use of face masks. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this was their stance during the recent meeting of the members of the...
(Pixabay) The government’s goal of inoculating 50 percent of the target population with Covid-19 vaccine first booster shots by the first 100 days of the Marcos administration is now deemed impossible, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Right now our booster doses is really at that 23...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is still awaiting the final report of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will wait for the official approval on the optional wearing of face masks outdoors before making the necessary adjustments in its guidelines on in-person classes. Kinder pupils of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City pray before the start of their...
DOH The Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 7, recorded 1,750 new cases of Covid-19. Based on the Department of Health’s (DOH) Covid-19 tracker, the number of people who are still sick with Covid-19 nationwide was at 22,899. Metro Manila still recorded the highest number of new cases in the last two...
Employees of the Muntinlupa City government received their booster shots on Sept. 7 under the Department of Health’s “Sa Booster Pinaslakas” program. The program aims to increase coverage of booster shots to 50 percent of the total target population and vaccinate 90 percent of senior citizens...
A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line with the implementation of the Department of Transportation’s “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy in the capital region while under the more stringent Alert Level 3. (Ali...
