(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is looking at vaccinating about 13.5 million children aged five to 11 once the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program covers that specific age group. “We have about 13.5 million targeted five to 11 years old individuals,” said Department of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported close to 1,000 fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Thursday, Nov. 25. There were 975 more people who got infected with SARS-CoV-2 or the virus that causes COVID-19, the DOH said. These cases were added to the country's running tally of cases...
(File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that further evaluation is still needed before it can declare that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is already under control in the Philippines. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire believes that it is too early to...
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) said more than 100,000 Filipinos...
DOH The Philippines recorded only 890 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Based on the Department of Health's (DOH) case bulletin, the active cases nationwide dropped to 17,864 or only 0.6 percent of the country's overall tally since last yearwhich currently stood at...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its gratitude to the Australian government for donating 700,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on Wednesday, Nov. 24. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the vaccine donation of Australia is...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Amid the declining number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases daily, the Department of Health (DOH) said it will seek the guidance of the World Health Organization (WHO) with regards to the status of the country's COVID-19 situation. DOH Secretary...
Vaccination remains to be the key component in continually reducing deaths due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) emphasized. Hospital staff take out a body from an ambulance at a mortuary in New Delhi on May 24, 2021 (AFP/ FILE) In a media briefing on Tuesday,...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,153 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Nov. 23. DOH The update on the newly-reported COVID-19 cases brings the country's tally since the onset of the pandemic to 2,827,820. Active infections stood at 18,721 which accounts for 0.7 percent...
There are differences in each country's approach on how it will transition into "living with the virus", the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Monday, Nov. 22. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN) For the case of the Philippines, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that one of the...
Have you been getting spam messages lately? A mall goer scans a QR code before entry into the establishment. The national government requires the use of the StaySafe as its digital contact tracing application of choice. (Courtesy of StaySafe PH/Facebook) Netizens were quick to point out contact...
All regions in the country are now at minimal to low risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as cases continue to dip in recent weeks, the Department of Health said on Monday, Nov. 22. DOH DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reported all regions have negative two week...
