A healthcare workers receives a COVID-19 vaccine during the launching of booster vaccination for medical frontliners at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City on Nov. 17, 2021. (Photo: NTF Against COVID-19) The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reminded the local...
(Photo from Unsplash) Despite the continuous decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) encouraged the public to conduct celebrations virtually this holiday season to further mitigate the spread of the virus. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reminded...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government missed its goal of vaccinating nine million people during the three-day national COVID-19 vaccination drive last Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. A total of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Dec. 2, reported 564 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases nationwide. This was the ninth consecutive day that COVID-19 infections have stayed below 1,000. Based on the latest case bulletin, the country's tally grew to 2,833,473. Of the figure,...
(AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The government will start administering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all fully vaccinated adult individuals on Friday, Dec. 3, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Thursday. "All fully vaccinated adults are eligible to receive COVID-19 booster shots starting...
DOH The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has not yet been detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, Dec. 1. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they are still processing the positive samples that will be subjected for genome sequencing....
The Department of Health (DOH) once again recorded a low number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 as the Metro Manila eases to Alert Level 3 for COVID-19. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) According to records,...
The Department of Health said on Tuesday, Nov. 30 that the Philippines achieved the fifth spot among the countries with the highest single-day vaccination worldwide. Thousands of Zamboanga residents troop to a barangay multipurpose hall for the first day of Bayanihan Bakunahan on November 29, 2021....
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Nov. 30 that there is no need to revert back to the usage of face shields with the continued dip in coronavirus cases (COVID-19) that the country is experiencing. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) In an interview on ANC, Dr. Althea de Guzman,...
As part of its role to conduct genomic biosurveillance, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said that it will check samples from early November with the threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) "So far we...
Given the looming presence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III emphasized on Monday, Nov. 29 the added layer of protection that face shields will provide for the public. Some people in Divisoria, Manila are no longer wearing face shield on...
The Department of Health (DOH) assured on Monday, Nov. 29 that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is capable of detecting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron variant. (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) In a media briefing, Dr. Althea de Guzman, medical...
