SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Friday that 187,000 people are being "isolated and treated" for fever, after the country reported its first Covid-19 cases and confirmed at least one death linked to the outbreak. "As of now up to 187,800 people are being isolated and treated," the official...
HONG KONG, China -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Thursday that about 3.38 million people had received their third Covid-19 vaccine dose as of Thursday, accounting for 50 percent of the population aged 12 or above. The HKSAR government appealed to eligible...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday. The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region has surpassed 218 million, and 2,003,081...
NEW YORK, United States -- The United States has crossed the threshold of one million deaths from Covid-19, the White House said on Thursday, as the nation seeks to turn the page on the pandemic despite threats of another surge. "Today, we mark a tragic milestone," President Joe Biden said in a...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed its gratitude to the country’s health workers for their service amid the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Thursday, May 12, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the health workers are “the backbone of our...
BX (aka Byounggon), the leader of K-pop boy band CIX, has tested positive for Covid-19 in the US. CIX have finished their first “Rebel” concert tour in the US, holding shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago and New York from April 27 to May 10. CIX's BX (Instagram) C9...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Earlier start dates and rapid scale-up of Covid-19 vaccination delivered greater health benefits in terms of hospitalizations and deaths averted, and were more cost-effective in Africa, a newly published study by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has...
FACE MASK (Unsplash) A health expert reminded Filipinos of the importance of using a face mask amid the ongoing threat of Covid-19. The face mask serves as an essential tool in preventing the transmission of the Covid-19 virus, said Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of the Adult Infectious Diseases and...
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...
Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The national government is still aiming to fully vaccinate at least eight to nine million Filipinos against Covid-19 by the end of Duterte's administration in June, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “If our target is 77 million hanggang sa...
(FILE PHOTO) The Philippines remains under the minimal-risk classification for Covid-19 as the daily number of cases continues to decrease, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Kung titingnan natin ang national data, bumababa pa rin po ang ating mga cases. Nationally, 1,115 new cases lamang ang...
BUTUAN CITY -- The regional office of the Department of Health (DOH Caraga Region 13) on late Monday afternoon reported 12 new cases of Covid-19 in Northeastern Mindanao (The Caraga region). The figure was from May 1 to 7 report, with two deaths also registered, the DOH 13 said in a statement sent...
