The Department of Health (DOH) seeks to increase the number of Filipinos administered with a Covid-19 booster shot through a campaign dubbed as "PinasLakas", Photo courtesy of DOH FB Live In a statement, DOH said that this campaign will help maintain the country's wall of immunity. As of July 26,...
The Department of Health (DOH) vowed on Tuesday, July 26 to closely coordinate and deploy necessary resources to keep the country's healthcare systems ready to respond to both COVID and non-COVID cases. (DOH/MB) In a statement, DOH mentioned that this is in line with President Ferdinand...
There are no guidelines set yet for the expanded coverage of Covid-19 second booster shots according to the Department of Health (DOH). People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) In an interview on Teleradyo, DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said...
Doctor checking blood sugar level with glucometer. Treatment of diabetes concept. Diabetes is a serious and chronic metabolic disease characterized by an increase in blood sugar levels. It is consistently one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the Philippines through the years. In the...
Did you get chickenpox before as a kid? This handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was taken in 1997 during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and depicts the dorsal surfaces of a...
The 82nd Anniversary MHD Fun Run event, Frontliners Unite: Let's run for fun, that's slated on July 31, 2022, Sunday, at 4:00 a.m. The Quirino Grandstand will serve as the assembly area with Roxas Boulevard serving as the running routes for both the 3km. and 5km. race. This is a joint project...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, July 25, a total of 19,536 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past week. 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...
THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. Frogs and fishes are not “scientific solutions” to combat dengue-carrying mosquitoes, three government agencies said on Sunday, July 24. The departments of Health (DOH), Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Environment and Natural Resources...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) assured the public that the government is prepared for a possible monkeypox outbreak in the country, following the World Health Organization's (WHO) declaration that the disease is a "public health emergency of international concern." The DOH, together with its...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Ten provinces in Luzon and Visayas have logged “very high,” or more than 20 percent, Covid-19 positivity rates, based on the OCTA Research Group’s monitoring on Sunday, July 24. Positivity rate refers to the number of individuals who yielded...
We have been so focused on wearing a mask, washing our hands, keeping a social distance to prevent the spread of Covid. Many may have forgotten the other guidelines that should be followed at about this time of the year when the rains – and the mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus –come. In the...
DOH COVID-19 TRACKER/ JULY 23, 2022 The nation's total number of active Covid-19 cases has already increased to over 25,000 on Saturday, July 23. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, there are 25,743 people who are still sick with the viral disease nationwide. Another 3,604 new cases were recorded on...
