The Philippines registered 304 additional cases of Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, April 29. The number of active cases nationwide stood at 5,070, the DOH said. Among the regions with the largest number of new infections in the last 14 days were the National Capital...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Sec. Renato Solidum, Jr. cited the country's genomic research which has contributed to various areas, such as disease diagnosis and management and the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response. “In the Philippines, genomics research has significantly...
More than 700 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, raising the number of active infections nationwide to nearly 5,000, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday, April 27. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, a total of 781 fresh cases were confirmed. The new infections brought the number of...
The Department of Health (DOH) urged parents to let their children get immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, rubella, and polio as the agency launched a supplemental immunization campaign on Thursday, April 27. The vaccination campaign called “Chikiting Ligtas 2023: Join...
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Wednesday, April 26, frowned upon the recent issuance of alert levels in several provinces, saying that it threatens consumer confidence that would be the key to strengthening the economy. Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo via Facebook) In a statement, the...
The Department of Health (DOH) denied a circulating report on social media that the mandatory wearing of face masks is once again being implemented in Metro Manila. In an advisory, the DOH said that the circulating report claiming that “face mask should be worn at all times” in Metro Manila is...
The Department of Health (DOH) allayed fears of the public amid the presence of Covid-19 subvariant XBB.1.16 in the country, saying that this coronavirus subvariant’s risk assessment is still low. The DOH made the statement following the detection of a lone case of XBB.1.16 in Western Visayas....
The Philippines remains under low-risk classification for Covid-19 despite recent rise in cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 25. There is no need for the public to fear, said DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire. "Sa ngayon pa rin ang ating bansa mababa pa rin ang...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed its concern as over one million children in the Philippines missed out their routine vaccine shots in 2021. UNICEF estimates that globally, 67 million children "missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization" between 2019 and 2021....
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, April 24, a total of 3,148 new Covid-19 cases that were recorded in the past week. In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are currently at 450 which is 32 percent higher than the cases on April 10 to April 16. DOH...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has urged local government units, health facilities, and the private sector to be conscious of safety and medical emergency protocols to ensure that accidents would be prevented and properly addressed. PhilHealth Acting President and...
The Department of Health (DOH) issued a clarification on the Covid-19 situation of 26 areas under the Alert Level 2 status until the end of this month. These areas “were not escalated from Alert Level 1; rather, these have maintained their Alert Level 2 status since June 2022,” the DOH said in a...
