The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, July 5, denied the allegation that it was buying nearly expired medicines, saying that existing laws and policies prohibit this. DOH/MB "We are not buying those kinds of supplies or medicines because we are following the existing policies and laws of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, July 5, recorded more than 6,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recoveries. DOH/MB The case bulletin of the DOH showed 6,477 new recoveries bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,364,960. The Health department, however, recorded 5,392 new COVID-19...
The Department of Health (DOH) is providing additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Taal affected communities. DOH/MB "We are providing additional vaccines as well as additional test kits...the DOH has also procured enough vaccines for all of the evacuees," Dr. Voltaire Guadalupe of...
More than 2.8 Filipinos have already received their second dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. DOH/MB Based on the latest vaccine statistics, as of July 4, a total of 2,868,905 have already completed the required two doses while 8,839,124 have received their first doses. This means...
DOH/MB There were 5,966 new people who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Sunday, July 4. The new cases pushed the cumulative tally of cases in the Philippines to 1,436,369, of which, 52,708 cases were still considered active, the DOH...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) declared that the polio outbreak in the Philippines has ended after the country recorded zero cases for 16 months since a surveillance and an immunization campaign was...
DOH/MB The country logged 5,908 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, July 3, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,430,419. Of the total, 53,665 are active cases, wherein 91.2 percent have mild symptoms, 3.8 percent are asymptomatic, 1.4 percent are critical, two percent are in severe condition, and 1.51...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) asked the public not to entertain people who are offering to sell coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. "Ang tanging paalala lang natin sa ating mga kababayan, huwag kayong mag entertain ng mga nagbebenta sa inyo (We are reminding our...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV scoffed at President Duterte’s response to Sen. Manny Pacquiao's allegations of corruption, Duterte ordered concerned government agencies to cooperate in any investigation. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (File Photo/Manila Bulletin) Trillanes, a...
A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, April 24, 2020. (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country's coronavirus disease...
DOH/MB The Philippines listed 6,192 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Friday, July 2. Based on the latest case bulletin, the country's running tally of cases stood at 1,424,518, of which, 55,482 or 3.9 percent were still active. Of the active cases, 91.5 percent of them were experiencing...
A medical worker administers a Sinovac vaccine during the "Bakuna by the Sea," a vaccination rollout program for the tourism industry workers in Davao City on June 30 to July 2. (Keith Bacongco) To ensure that the vaccine is properly administered, the Department of Health (DOH) said that local...
