The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Sept. 7, asked the House of Representatives to return part of its proposed 2023 budget to fund health care workers’ benefits, cancer assistance, and several programs, such as the epidemiology and surveillance budget. DOH budget hearing via Zoom on...
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 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious...
DOH The country recorded 1,326 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Sept. 6, as shown in the latest data of the Department of Health (DOH). Active cases stood at 23,272, the DOH Covid-19 tracker showed. The regions with the most cases in the recent 14 days were Metro Manila with 9,025, followed by...
Health workers from public and private hospitals in Metro Manila stage a picket rally on Tuesday, Sept.6, 2022 at the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office in Sta. Cruz, Manila to denounce DOH "callousness" in promptly releasing their Covid-19 benefits (MANNY LLANES) The Alliance of Health...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday that there is "no truth" that they are distributing Covid-19 booster shot doses that are already expired. A health worker showing Covid-19 vaccines (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin) In a media briefing, DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Sept. 5 a total of 17,145 new Covid-19 cases recorded during the past week. (DOH/MB) In DOH's weekly bulletin, it mentioned that daily average cases are currently at 2,449 which is 10 percent lower than cases from Aug. 22 to Aug. 28. The agency...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Sept. 5, a total of 1,467 cases of leptospirosis in the country from January 1 to Aug. 20. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) According to DOH, the cases this year were 15 percent higher compared to the reported cases during the same period in 2021 at...
The Department of Health (DOH) is unaware of Cebu City's new Executive Order (EO) placing on a "trial period" the optional face mask use, the agency said on Monday, Sept. 5. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said during a media briefing that the matter will be taken up with the...
The chairman of the House Committee on Public Order and Safety has called for swift action by the government against the pseudo-training centers conducting illegal aesthetic and dermatological procedures. (Photo from Argonza Aesthetic and Dermopigmentation Academy’s Facebook page) In a statement,...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte is furious at the Department of Health (DOH) for allegedly bungling the distribution of allowance to health care workers (HCWs) pursuant to Republic Act 11712 or the Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has already recorded more than 1,400 leptospirosis cases this year. Latest data from the DOH showed a 17 percent rise in leptospirosis cases this year compared to the same period in 2021. There were 1,462 leptospirosis cases recorded from Jan. 1 to Aug. 13, the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) clarified that Covid-19 vaccination in selected schools will still continue. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that the order No. 037 issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) is only prohibiting the use of classrooms as vaccination sites....
