The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday, May 3, clarified that Remdesivir, an investigational drug currently being used in the country on patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has no Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) in the Philippines. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
The Department of Health (DOH) said vaccine confidence among Filipinos is increasing. Nurse Ethel Gabato from Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) receives Sinovac vaccine on the second day of the vaccination rollout for healthcare workers in the VIsayas region on March 5, 2021. (Photo by...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, May 3 reported 7,255 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Department of Health (Manila Bulletin File Photo) This brought the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,062,225. The total recoveries also increased to 975,234 with the...
Shipment and delivery of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines from India could begin once the Philippines has completed all the regulatory requirements, Philippine Ambassador to India Ramon Bagatsing Jr. said Monday. “We hope the requirements can be expedited by the regulatory authorities...
As the government set to initially roll out the Sputnik V vaccine in Metro Manila, the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) said that the Russian-made vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was evaluated “very thoroughly” before it was approved for emergency use in the country. PHOTO...
A total of 1.9 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered either as a first or a second dose as of May 1, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, May 3. media Out of these, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 1,650,318 eligible...
Malacañang asked the government of Hong Kong to not single out overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in its plan to make the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
The healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) in the National Capital Region (NCR) is now at 57 percent, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, May 3. A medical worker walks on the aisle of the new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila on April 26, 2021,...
Despite the challenges in academic and in the life of a graduating military cadet, Janrey Artus made sure that he remains in his focus of doing his best to meet the expectations of his family, his kababayan in San Enrique town of Negros Occidental, and the Filipino people who sponsored his...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) said on Monday, May 3, that the clinical trial on the use of Ivermectin as a treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will involve patients with "non-severe” or those with mild to...
A total of 150 frontline staff of quarantine hotels were among the thousands of workers who benefitted from the symbolic vaccination of laborers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) last Saturday, May 1, as part of the government's celebration of Labor Day. (Manila Public Information Office...
Zsa Zsa Padilla Zsa Zsa Padilla has denied rumors that she was tested positive for COVID-19. On Instagram, Zsa Zsa described the rumors as "fake news." According to her, she's in the US for her medical checkup. "So much have been said about my condition since I tweeted that I was experiencing leg...
