COVID-19 virus2 The Philippines could still see a rise in Covid-19 infections following the conduct of the national and local elections and other related activities recently, a health expert said. “That’s a possibility” said infectious disease expert Dr. Rontgene Solante because of the large...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has already considered the case of the Finnish woman, who was identified as the country's first Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 case, as closed. “We've considered this case closed already because of the time log dahil nakita rin naman natin with our close monitoring...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.5 variant at the border amid 12,392 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday. A person who has travelled from South Africa to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the...
DOH The six local close contacts of the country’s first case of the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant have tested negative for Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, May 6. "Six local contacts tested negative, while the remaining were not tested according to current protocols since...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.4 variant at the border amid 12,699 community cases during the weekend, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday. A person who has traveled from overseas to New Zealand has been confirmed as having the BA.4 variant of...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Health authorities of Australia's state of Victoria confirmed that the Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1 has been traced in wastewater in Melbourne. The Victorian Health Department confirmed the finding on Friday and said authorities would now prioritize the sequencing of PCR...
Muntinlupa City’s active Covid-19 cases totaled five as of April 29, with one new case added, according to the City Health Office (CHO). Tally from the CHO showed that one new Covid-19 case was added on April 29, bringing the total number of active cases to five from four on April 28. Vaccination...
The Muntinlupa City government reminded the public to follow health protocols and get vaccinated after the Department of Health (DOH) announced the detection in the country of the first case of the more contagious BA.2.12 Omicron sub-variant. According to the City Health Office, it will continue to...
WASHINGTON, United States -- A recent study by Johns Hopkins University warned that Omicron should not be underestimated as hospitalized patients with the Omicron variant required similar levels of respiratory support and intensive care to those carrying Delta. For hospitalized patients with...
Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon, on Thursday, April 28, urged the government to enhance its Covid-19 vaccination and booster programs following the detection of the Omicron subvariant called BA.2.12...
BAGUIO CITY -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong confirmed the detection of one case of Omicron variant sub-lineage BA 2.12 in the Summer Capital. Magalong said the patient is a 52-year-old female from Finland with a known co-morbidity of hypertension. She arrived in the country on April 2 and in Baguio on...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III has reiterated his call to redefine the "fully vaccinated" status to mean having received a booster shot against Covid-19 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported the first case of the new Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 in the...
