The Department of Health (DOH), academe, and private sector are pushing for digital solutions to "effectively manage coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases" and to improve the country's healthcare system. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Alethea De Guzman, Director of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau, said...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said it does not consider Davao City as an "epicenter" of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the continuous spike of infections in the area. "Davao City is not an epicenter," said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, June 9. Vergeire said...
Workers wait for their vaccination inside SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site on June 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has already administered more than six million COVID-19 vaccine doses three months after its vaccination program...
The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) has welcomed the announcement of the Department of Health (DOH) that Pfizer jabs could now be administered to children aged 12 to 15, its spokesperson said Wednesday, June 9. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with GMA New's Unang Balita, PPS spokesperson...
(DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH) The country logged 4,777 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, June 8, raising the total tally to 1,280,773, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the total cases, 4.4 percent or 56,452 are active cases with 93.2 percent experiencing mild symptoms, 2.5...
A vaccine passport may just be the Filipinos' ticket to a return to normal life. Workers wait for their vaccination inside SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site on June 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) The government has started working on the issuance of...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH)...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that teenagers aged 16 to 17 with comorbidities can be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using the...
DOH/MB The total number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines stood at 59,337 after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 7,228 new infections on Sunday, June 6. The DOH said that the active cases represent 4.7 percent of the country’s overall caseload which is...
The rapid surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Visayas and Mindanao is "manageable," the Department of Health (DOH) said Sunday, June 6. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with DZBB, Health Undersecretary and Treatment Czar Leopoldo Vega reiterated that minimum...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed gratitude to the United States government for its decision to donate some of its surplus COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines and other countries. "Well nakuha natin yung magandang balita na iyan at tayo naman ay nagagalak at...
Coronavirus vaccines developed by China's Sinovac (Chinese Embassy in Manila/Twitter) Filipinos have become more receptive in getting the COVID-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech after it was approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO), an official of the Department...
