(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) of the general adult population in the Philippines has already begun, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, Oct. 11. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the Philippines now has enough supply of...
Department of Health Three regions in the country remain under “high-risk” case classification for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was bared by the Department of Health (DOH) in a virtual briefing on Monday, Oct. 11. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said these regions are the...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippines detected 411 new Delta variant cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from samples collected in the past months. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Monday, Oct. 11, said 747 samples collected in February, April, May, August, and September...
DOH The country recorded 12,159 more people who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on the latest case bulletin, the new infections pushed the nationwide running tally to 2,666,562, wherein about 3.4 percent or 90,927 cases are still active. Of those who are still receiving...
Manila Bulletin File Photo Another 11,010 individuals tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Oct. 9. The new figure raised the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 2,654,450, based on the DOH's latest case...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it would first conduct a review, together with local experts, before the government buys a supply of Ronapreve druga treatment used for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The DOH made the statement after the country's Food and Drug Administration...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Despite the downward trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases nationally, four regions of the country were still under the "high-risk" classification for COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The regions that were still classified as “high-risk” for...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported 10,670 new cases of coronavirus disease on Friday, Oct. 8. The newly-detected cases brought the country's running tally of cases to 2,643,494. Also, the death toll jumped to 39,232 after 191 more patients died. The death toll also includes the 104 deaths...
The Department of Health (DOH) said that the majority of the healthcare workers, who recently participated in a survey, were in favor of getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot if there is already sufficient evidence on its safety. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said they conducted a...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the P2.7 billion worth of medicines, which were previously questioned by Senator Panfilo Lacson, were already distributed to the different hospitals in the country. "We would like to respond to the claim on the P2.7 billion...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Thursday, Oct. 7. There were 10,019 people who were confirmed to have contracted the viral illness, bringing the country’s cumulative tally of cases to 2,632,881. Of the total cases, 4.4...
Scenes along the street going to the densely-populated area of Baranagy 23C in Davao City, a village that was previously placed under 14-day lockdown. (Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the data used in Nikkei's COVID-19 Recovery Index was when the country was...