The ease in mobility restriction is one of the contributing factors to a notable surge of recorded dengue cases in Central Visayas, said an expert at a webinar on Friday, June 10, titled “Dengue Alert sa Panahon ng Pandemya.” (University of the Philippines website) The webinar was hosted by the...
THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. The Department of Health (DOH) said it recorded more than 34,000 dengue cases from January to May. "There were 34,938 dengue cases reported from Jan. 1 to May 21, 2022. Cumulatively, cases this year is 23 percent higher compared to the reported...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated on Thursday, June 9, that the wearing of face masks is still mandatory in accordance with rules of the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). "Current IATF protocols allow only for specific instances when...
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 it would be difficult to reach the government’s target of fully-vaccinating 77 million Filipinos by the end of this month as...
17DENGUE More than 2,000 dengue cases have already been recorded in Cagayan Valley since the start of this year, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “From January to June 4, ang kaso ng Region 2 ay umabot na ng (our cases in Region 2 already reached) 2,014, which is 897 percent...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is planning to return to teaching after his term ends as chief of the Department of Health (DOH). “I’m still going to work but in the private sector,” said Duque in an online forum on...
ruvim-noga-pazM9TQJ2Ck-unsplash Medical organizations once again repeated their appeal for President Duterte to veto the proposed measure that seeks to lower the age of those allowed to purchase vape products. “Kami na nasa medical field, tingin namin na the vape bill, kontra ito sa polisiya ng...
A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP The Department of Health (DOH) believes that the country has already been able to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus since the...
Still misunderstood since it wreaked havoc in the 1980s, this epidemic keeps spreading through shame, secrecy, and silence Northern Samar is stepping up its drive against human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) to rid the province of the illness. The local...
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 it is now currently in the process of "institutionalizing" the Covid-19 vaccination program in order to bring vaccination...
87305 Three additional cases of Omicron subvariant BA.5 were detected, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, June 7. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that two cases were from Calabarzon, while the DOH is still verifying the address of the other case. “The individual...
A MAKESHIFT hospital in a gym in Maasin, Iloilo when the province had a dengue outbreak in 2019. (Leo Solinap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas or Region 6 recorded 297 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue in just one week. The Department of Health-Region 6 (DOH...
