(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) urges the different health facilities to completely submit the necessary requirements needed for the distribution of benefits for their respective health workers. In a statement on Tuesday, June 28, the state health agency said it once...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently crafting the guidelines for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for non-immunocompromised...
90765 The Department of Health (DOH) said that 63 new cases of Omicron subvariants were detected in the Philippines. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that there were 50 new BA.5 cases, 11 additional BA.2.12.1 cases, and two more cases of BA.4 in the country. "At the moment,...
In this file photo taken on April 26, 2021, commuters wearing protective face masks walk along Pratunam pier in Bangkok, after the government imposed strict restrictions for not wearing a mask in public following the recent outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand. Thailand announced on...
The Muntinlupa City government has administered the first Covid-19 booster shot to 40 immunocompromised 12 to 17 years old. The local government started giving the first booster shot, or third dose, to the adolescent population last June 24 after the Department of Health (DOH) released the...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Outgoing Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he has no more plans to return to government service after his stint as the country's top health official. “Ay hindi na. Kasi 21 years of my productive years nilaan ko...
Muntinlupa City’s weekly total of new Covid-19 cases decreased by 13 percent based on the daily data by the City Health Office (CHO). CHO data showed that from June 20 to 26, Muntinlupa recorded 61 new Covid-19 cases, a decrease of nine cases, or 13 percent, compared to 70 tallied from June 13 to...
While the Supreme Court's (SC's) decision to uphold the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) power over tobacco products is a life-saving move, the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act (Vape Bill), which is now an enrolled bill at the Office of the President, can possibly...
The evident increase in the country’s Covid-19 cases is not yet a cause for “real alarm” but the public should still be vigilant against the increasing transmission of the virus, a health expert said on Monday, June 27. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP) The Department of Health (DOH) recently placed five...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The administration of the first Covid-19 vaccine booster shot to non-immunocompromised children aged 12 to 17 is not yet for implementation, an official of the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that its next secretary as well as the Marcos administration will stick to "science" in implementing the different policies regarding public health. Among the challenges that the DOH is facing is the spread of “misinformation and...
