DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Dec. 22, registered 1,031 more cases of Covid-19. Active infections or patients still battling with Covid-19 across the country were at 16,900, latest data from the DOH showed. Among the regions with the most cases in the past two weeks were the...
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Thursday, Dec. 22, urged the government to allow private hospitals to procure and administer bivalent vaccines for the success of its vaccination efforts. (File photo/MANILA BULLETIN) The former economic adviser of the Duterte administration believes that...
For President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., unity has enabled Filipinos to go through and survive many of the challenges that befell them, including the Covid-19 pandemic. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the Christmas gift-giving event at Rizal Park in Manila on Thursday, Dec. 22,...
DR. Adriano Suba-an, Western Visayas director of the Department of Health (DOH), supervises Covid-19 vaccination for minors at the Aleosan District Hospital in Alimodian town, Iloilo province. (IPHO/File) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) has assured the release of the Covid-19...
Independent OCTA Research group, on Thursday, Dec. 22, disclosed that Metro Manila’s seven-day Covid-19 positivity rate has further dropped. Metro Manila's Weekly Covid-19 Positivity Rate (Photo courtesy of Dr. Guido David) “Seven-day positivity rate in the National Capital Region decreased...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Dec. 21, expressed admiration to the doctors and frontliners during the Covid-19 pandemic, acknowledging the risks they took to serve their patients. Vice President Sara Duterte during the Davao Regional Medical Center and Resident...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged health workers to receive their second Covid-19 booster shot. “Among those healthcare workers na hindi pa ho nakakapag second booster shot, tayo po still encouraging them,” said DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) and the Malacañang Palace are currently discussing the possibility of extending the Covid-19 state of calamity. “Ngayon, tayo ay nakikipag-usap sa Office of the President kung ano yung best option natin since magi-expire na ang state of calamity by the end of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) logged 626 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, the new infections brought the nationwide tally of active cases to 17,263. The regions with the most recorded cases in the past two weeks were the National Capital Region with...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) assured that the current stock of monovalent Covid-19 vaccines will still be used even once the bivalent vaccines arrive in the country. “Let me reiterate, ang (the) monovalent vaccine, ito yung mga nasa stocks natin ngayon, hindi po natin titigilan ang...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that aside from Janssen–some vaccine manufacturers have also started applying for a Certificate of Product Registration (CPR)...
Why common sense isn’t so common CLINICAL MATTERS Throughout the pandemic, there were many instances when scientists and doctors were attacked by a mix of anti-science trolls, anti-vaxxers, and Covid-19 denialists. As authorities and healthcare workers raced to save lives using evidence-based...
