The national government is considering setting up a "One Oxygen Command" to ensure enough supply of oxygen tanks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, an official of the Department of Trade Industry (DTI) said Friday, Oct. 15. Juan Carlo de Vela/MANILA BULLETIN DTI Usec. Ireneo Vizmonte...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the creation of the "Task Force on Oxygen Supply". A pair of oxygen tanks. (Photo by Moo Shua/ Unsplash) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, Sept. 10 during a virtual...
The Australian government has donated 100 oxygen concentrators to the Philippines to help the country’s health system grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven J. Robinson AO (via Twitter) Australian Ambassador to...
The Philippine received on Saturday, Aug. 28, a total of 100 oxygen concentrators donated by the Australian government, as the country battles the spread of the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Australian Ambassador Steven J. Robinson hands over 100 oxygen...
The House of Representatives has responded positively to President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal for the passage of a bill that would help ensure sufficient medical oxygen supply by exempting its importation from taxes. Oxygen tanks Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda (2nd district, Albay) filed on...
Relatives of COVID-19 patients purchase medical grade oxygen in a pharmacy in Cebu City. (Juan Carlo de Vela/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged the public not to purchase oxygen tanks for home use if not necessary, saying that it can cause harm to one’s health if used...
The country’s economic managers would still set the percentage rate of the tax relief that will be given to the manufacturers of medical-grade oxygen, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 10. RELATIVES of COVID-19 patients purchase medical grade oxygen in a pharmacy in...
Acknowledging the need to stock up more medical oxygen supplies in hospitals, President Duterte said he will talk to Congress about giving tax relief to manufacturers. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the nation on August 9, 2021. (Malacañang) During his prerecorded public...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the Philippines still has enough supply of medical oxygen, as the country battles the threat of the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A scene in Cebu City went viral where cars are seen lining up in front of a private...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has assured the public that there is more than enough supply of medical oxygen (O2) to quell panic, even raising the potential of allowing more importation and a stern warning against hoarding. “Current industry capacity is about 3 times more than...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, August 3, police units and offices to run after those would be identified engaging in hoarding of oxygen tanks and other medical supplies amid the continuing threat of COVID-19, especially its Delta...
A Filipino in Myanmar has succumbed to the coronavirus disease as the COVID-19 situation there is “nearing catastrophic proportion,” the country's envoy to Myanmar said on Tuesday, July 20. Philippine Ambassador to Myanmar Eduardo Kapunan Jr. also noted there are eight more Filipinos who have...
