DOH The Department of Health (DOH) urged President Duterte to veto the proposed law that seeks to lower the age of those who can access vape and electronic cigarette products. The Health agency said that the Senate Bill No. 2239 or the proposed Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act “contains...
PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said it is considering including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the government's second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot program. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that they will discuss this with the members of the Health Technology...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has denied rumors that it is set to report an "artificial" rise in Covid-19 cases a few days before the conduct of the national and local elections. "The Department of Health categorically denies unfounded rumors that it will report an artificial increase in...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is closely monitoring the country's Covid-19 case trend following the detection of the Omicron BA.2.12 subvariant. In a statement, the DOH said it recorded a slight increase in the country's reproduction number. A reproduction number is the average number...
Those experiencing Covid-19 symptoms have been repeatedly advised by the Department of Health (DOH) stay at home and isolate themselves on election day. But according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), as long as they have not undergone any tests to show that they have been infected by the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stance that individuals who are positive for Covid-19 on election day must stay in isolation. In a statement, the DOH said it "does not and will not stop any Filipino from exercising their constitutional right to vote for our country's leaders this...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) said that the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant is 2.5 times more transmissible than the original version of the Omicron coronavirus variant. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this subvariant of Omicron is currently spreading in the United...
(Photo from Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the Philippines’ first BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant case had 44 close contacts. The 52-year-old Finnish woman had nine close contacts in Quezon City, five in Benguet, and 30 while she was onboard a plane going to Manila, said DOH...
COVID-19 virus2 The Department of Health (DOH) has reported the presence of an Omicron coronavirus subvariant called BA.2.12 in the Philippines. The first case of the BA.2.12 Omicron subvariant involved a 52-year-old Finnish woman who arrived from Finland last April 2, the DOH announced. “The...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Covax Facility is set to replace at least 3.6 million donated Covid-19 vaccine doses that already expired, said Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III. Duque noted that the replacement of vaccines will be free of charge. "So, yes sir, papalitan po...
