Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, August 15 expressed doubts the Department of Health (DOH) was able to release the funds for the special risk allowances for healthcare workers despite Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s pronouncements. Marcos made the statement amid Duque’s...
People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Nine regions in the Philippines have been listed under “high risk” classification for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the worsening pandemic situation in...
Covid surge The country's four regions are now under the "high-risk" level in terms of the utilization of their intensive care unit (ICU) beds dedicated for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. These regions are Central Visayas with 70 percent occupancy rate, Ilocos with 71 percent, Cagayan...
Twelve out of 22 Level 3 hospitals in Metro Manila that are being monitored by the Department of Health (DOH) are now considered at "critical risk" in terms of the occupancy of their respective intensive care units (ICUs). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (File photo/ Screengrab from Facebook live) The...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, August 3, told the officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) not to wait for the Senate to investigate them over the delay in the reimbursements and release of the benefits for hospitals and...
Manila Bulletin File Photo The Philippines remains under the "low-risk" classification for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but some areas are starting to see a rise in new cases amid the threat of the Delta variant, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Nationally, risk classification remains to...
The government has revised the list of more than 50 "green" countries or those with low risk of coronavirus amid moves to screen vaccinated travelers arriving in the Philippines. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) unveiled Thursday, July 15, 12 new “game-changing” innovations that seek to help boost the country’s disaster risk reduction and climate change...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for ventilators among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, according to an analysis of nearly 11,000 patients published Tuesday. The study appeared in the Journal of the American...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Davao City continues to record the most number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day in the entire country, as it averaged 303 cases daily during the June 29-July 5 period, OCTA Research said in its monitoring report on Tuesday, July 6. This shows that Davao City...
A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, April 24, 2020. (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country's coronavirus disease...
The United States is not among the 57 countries and jurisdictions identified by the Philippines as "green" nations due to its high cases of coronavirus. An overseas Filipino worker get his first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site located at the Manila Prince Hotel on July...
