DOH The Department of Health (DOH) is recommending to amend the Covid-19 Vaccination Law if the Marcos administration will not extend the period of state of calamity due to the pandemic. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said they already presented this recommendation to President...
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) Vaccination sites will be set up in strategic locations such as in “highly...
DOH The Philippines and the United States (US) are using different metrics in order to determine the Covid-19 classification of an area, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Aug. 16. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made the statement after the US Center for Disease Control...
In light of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases added to the daily tracker of the Department of Health (DOH), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has once again reiterated the importance of early testing and detection of the Covid-19 virus. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) "With the alarming increase in...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
(DOH/MB) New cases of BA.5 and BA.4 omicron subvariants were reported by the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, Aug. 16. There were 1,011 more BA.5 and 19 additional cases of BA.4 across the country, based on the latest data of the DOH. "At the moment, the exposure of individuals, travel...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan joined the launching of the Department of Health’s (DOH) "PinasLakas" campaign at the Supreme Court of the Philippines on Monday, Aug. 15. MANILA PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN Lacuna, a doctor, and DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire simultaneously vaccinated the...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 28,008 new Covid-19 cases in the past week, it said on Monday, Aug. 15. (DOH/MB) According to the agency's weekly case bulletin, average daily cases is 3 percent higher than cases from Aug. 1 to Aug. 7 at 4,001. Currently there are 822 patients with...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded a total of 102,619 dengue cases since January, it said on Monday, Aug. 15. MB file photo According to DOH, this was from January 1 to July 30. The agency said that the cases this year are 131 percent higher compared to the reported cases during the same...
CEBU CITY – As the government stepped up its vaccination drive through the “Pinaslakas” program, the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-Region 7) announced Monday, August 15, that 3,635,038 individuals in the area aged five and above have yet to to have their second and booster doses....
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 4,182 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, Aug. 14. Based on its Covid-19 tracker, the DOH now recorded a total of 40,016 active infections across the country. Metro Manila still leads among the country's regions with the most number of infections in the last...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) warns the public vs leptospirosis this typhoon season. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public to avoid wading in flood water as this may cause leptospirosis. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made the statement amid...
