ACT-Teachers Rep. France Castro isn't happy with the lack of a Health Secretary. This, after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that he would name a Department of Health (DOH) Secretary once the Covid-19 situation had normalized. READ:...
The number of severe and critical Covid-19 patients infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant and its subvariants remains low in the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. This is based on the DOH’s analysis on the results of the Covid-19 positive samples that underwent...
DOH The Philippines confirmed additional 1,984 Covid-19 cases on Friday, Oct. 21. Based on the latest Department of Health's (DOH) data, the country’s active cases were at 24,192. The regions with the most cases in the past 14 days were still the same–Metro Manila with 8,673, Calabarzon with...
DOH There is already a “localized community transmission” of both the Omicron subvariant XBB and XBC variant of the Covid-19 virus in some regions of the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. A localized community transmission of Omicron subvariant XBB has been observed...
The Philippines saw 1,379 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The new cases brought the country's running total of cases to 3,987,316, wherein 3,900,344 were tagged as recoveries, 63,625 were fatalities, and 23,347 patients are still battling with the said viral illness. Metro Manila...
DOH Health authorities are currently conducting an investigation to determine the cause of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases in Batangas, the Department of Health - (DOH) Calabarzon said. In a statement, the DOH-Calabarzon said it already “started the epidemiological investigation to...
DOH Vaccination coupled with compliance to health and safety protocols are still the best defense against the Covid-19 virus, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public. The DOH issued the said reminder following the detection of Omicron subvariant XBB and the XBC variant in the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the One Health Pass (OHP) has been changed to a new electronic arrival (eArrival) card after several complaints from travelers were received. This was the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) still backed the conduct of face-to-face classes amid some developments in the country’s Covid-19 situation. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made this statement after she was asked about the Health department’s current position on the conduct of...
The Covid-19 cases in the Philippines could hit 18,000 per day by Nov. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) warned on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Current projections of the DOH indicate that cases may hit 2,400 cases per day to as high as 18,000 by the middle of November. “We have new projections where it...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The use of the Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech for children aged six to 17 is now allowed in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said....
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported that Omicron subvariant XBB and the XBC variant of the Covid-19 virus were already detected in the Philippines. Based on the latest genome sequencing result, 81 cases of XBB subvariant were detected and 193 cases of XBC...
