(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed optimism that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being detected daily in the country would further decline below 2,000. But to achieve that, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that everyone has an important role to play. “If we...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he will not attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 funds which is scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 4. Duque said that Malacanang...
Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it will investigate the fire incident in a vaccine storage in Zamboanga del Sur that damaged almost 150,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses. “It’s being investigated and we...
In this file photo Medical workers load syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be administered by nurses at a vaccination site at Kedren Community Health Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California on February 16, 2021. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is...
coronavirus (FILE PHOTO) The Philippines has recorded more than 500 new Delta coronavirus variant cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The DOH said they were able to detect 520 new Delta variant cases out of the 748 positive samples that recently underwent genome...
Vice presidential candidate Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to make reimbursement claims faster and easier for private hospitals. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, made the call following reports that some private...
(File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines recorded 2,303 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Nov. 2 the lowest single-day new infections recorded in nearly eight months. The last time the Philippines recorded more than 2,000 cases was on March 10 wherein 2,886 COVID-19...
As the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to urge the public to donate blood, the humanitarian organization said in a statement on Monday, November 1 that it does not condone giving payments for the act. A Philippine Red Cross volunteer collects blood from a donor during a recent mobile blood...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it observed that the decline in newly confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases nationwide has slowed down. “May nakikita tayong pagbagal sa ating pagbaba. It is still going down but the decline is slower than...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Nov. 1, recorded 3,117 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases across the country. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on its latest cases bulletin, the new cases pushed the nationwide running tally to 2,790,375, of which, 1.5 percent or 43,185 are...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) on Monday, Nov. 1, reminded Filipinos 60 years old and above that they are mandatorily covered under the National Health Insurance Program. (PhilHealth / MANILA BULLETIN) This is pursuant to the Republic Act (RA) 10645 and as reiterated under...
DOH The Department of Health said there were 3,410 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country. These infections pushed the nationwide cumulative total to 2,787,276, of which, 45,233 remained as active cases or those who are still being treated. Of the active cases, 73.6 percent...
