(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) vowed that it will comply with President Duterte's order to give the special risk allowance (SRA) to eligible healthcare workers within 10 days. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said they are currently coordinating...
DOH/MB Active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country increased to over 127,000 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported over 12,000 new infections. The DOH said there were 12,067 new COVID-19 cases nationwide. This brought the active cases or those who are still sick to 127,703...
(FILE PHOTO / MB) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded parents to have their children immunized against polio. “Children are the most vulnerable to polio, and because the symptoms are not distinct, we don’t always see the deeper problem of this virus that can paralyze our spinal cords,”...
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) An official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that at least one million Filipinos have returned to...
The Department of Health (DOH) is eyeing a shorter quarantine period for fully vaccinated health workers who have been exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. (Jansen Romero / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said health workers will be...
This file photo taken on November 17, 2020 shows vials with COVID-19 vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer. (AFP FILE/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is waiting for Pfizer and its vaccine partner BioNTech to apply for a full...
The Filipino Nurses United (FNU) on Monday, Aug. 23, said healthcare workers might resort to mass resignation as part of an impending protest if their special risk allowance (SRA) will not be released by September 1. (Jansen Romero / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Sa tingin ko, isa na iyan sa...
Leaders from private hospital unions on Monday, Aug. 23, harbored doubts about President Duterte's decision to order the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Department of Health (DOH) to give health workers the benefits under Bayanihan 2 within 10 days. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Aug. 23, that it has “observed” a community transmission of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, Aug. 23, that it will shell out P311 million from its contingency fund to provide special risk allowance (SRA) to an additional 20,000 healthcare workers. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the amount will cover...
The Department of Health (DOH) said there have been increases in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections all over the country as the daily case count in the Philippines continues to rise. Dr. Alethea De Guzman, Director of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau presents during a virtual town hall meeting on...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Aug. 23, said children with comorbidities may be included in the vaccination priority groups of the government. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The approved priority groups now are A1 (frontline health workers), A2 (senior citizens), A3...
