The public were urged not to let their guard down despite the signs of a decrease in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the recent weeks following the reimposition of strict quarantine measures. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said Tuesday, April 27, that there is no travel ban for overseas Filipino workers in India. People stand in queue keeping social distance beside a COVID-19 awareness scarecrows placed by Chennai municipality at a market during a...
The business sector has proposed a ten-point recommendation to the Duterte to push for economic recovery. At the Sulong Pilipinas Pre-SONA forum of the Economic Development and Infrastructure Clusters, Ambassador Benedicto V. Yujuico, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and...
The Department of Health (DOH) said the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) have yet to detect the Indian coronavirus variant in the country. doh "We have not detected yet this variant across the 5,000 specimens sequenced by the PGC," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual press...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday, April 26, has called on nurses and doctors to work in hospitals in the country as there is a need for more healthcare workers to man medical facilities amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. A medical worker walks on the aisle of...
With many hospitals still overwhelmed, the government is looking to provide "home care packages" to COVID-19 patients. DOH/MB "This is part of our efforts to be able to redirect patients and prevent them from going straight to the hospitals, for patients, who are panicking or having this kind of...
The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the country has reached the one-million mark on Monday, April 26. DOH/MB The total number of COVID cases rose to 1,006,428 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 8,929 new cases. The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 11,333 new...
A malaria-free Philippines by 2030. The Department of Health said this is the government’s target in the National Malaria Control and Elimination Program (NMCEP). DOH/MB "The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted the delivery of services under our malaria elimination program, but this will not...
Local government units (LGU) were urged to craft guidelines for community pantries to ensure that health and safety measures would still be observed. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Although community pantry organizers are not required to secure a permit to conduct such humanitarian...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday, April 26, said the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) imposed in Metro Manila and nearby provinces should be extended for another week or two. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) The government is expected to decide this week on...
The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the country is nearing the one-million mark. DOH/MB On Sunday, April 25, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 8,162 new COVID cases bringing the total number of cases to 997,523. The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 20,509 new...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 9,661 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, April 24. (Photo by STR / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The new case count pushed the country’s total tally of confirmed cases to 989,380, while the number of active cases is now at 89,485 Of...
