As the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to urge the public to donate blood, the humanitarian organization said in a statement on Monday, November 1 that it does not condone giving payments for the act. A Philippine Red Cross volunteer collects blood from a donor during a recent mobile blood...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it observed that the decline in newly confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases nationwide has slowed down. “May nakikita tayong pagbagal sa ating pagbaba. It is still going down but the decline is slower than...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Nov. 1, recorded 3,117 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases across the country. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on its latest cases bulletin, the new cases pushed the nationwide running tally to 2,790,375, of which, 1.5 percent or 43,185 are...
DOH The Department of Health said there were 3,410 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country. These infections pushed the nationwide cumulative total to 2,787,276, of which, 45,233 remained as active cases or those who are still being treated. Of the active cases, 73.6 percent...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it will closely monitor the developments of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination among children below 12 years old, as other countries have already approved the inoculation of children as young as five years old against the said...
DOH The Philippines confirmed on Saturday 423 new deaths related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-- the biggest single-day rise in deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. Based on the Department of Health's (DOH) latest case update, the country's death toll has already increased to 43,044. The...
Medicines (File Photo) An administrative order will soon be released by the Department of Health (DOH) in order to allow hospitals to procure investigational drugs for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that it will only cover investigational drugs for...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, Oct. 29, said that 4,043 new cases of COVID-19 were detected across the country. Based on it's latest case bulletin, the new cases pushed the nationwide running tally to 2,779,943, of which, 1.8 percent or 50,630 are active cases or those who are still...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus outbreak in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores / Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it never lost its focus in responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
People visit their departed loved ones at the Manila North Cemetery on Oct. 26, 2021 before cemeteries are closed from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it already advised the different local government...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Twenty-five children with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 experienced adverse reactions after receiving a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, the Department of...
DOH The Philippines recorded 3,694 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday Oct. 28, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The new cases brought the number of active infections nationwide to 49,835. Majority or 73.4 percent have mild symptoms, 10.97 percent are in moderate condition,...
