CLINICAL MATTERS DR. EDSEL SALVANA It has been more than a month since we shifted to voluntary masking. Full face-to-face classes have been going on for some time now. Despite many misgivings, Covid-19 cases in the Philippines have remained stable. Healthcare utilization remains low. Many are...
Editorial At the height of the pandemic, the Philippine government had to take out loans just to have the available funds for crisis spending. At first glance, there is nothing wrong here — cash is needed to purchase life-saving vaccines, procure medicines for the critically ill, and stock on...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Dec. 5, a total of 7,731 new Covid-19 cases were recorded during the past week. DOH/MB In its weekly case bulletin, DOH stated that daily average cases are now at 1,104 which is four percent lower than cases from Nov. 21 to Nov. 27. The agency also...
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee has set its initial investigation into the COVID-19 vaccine procurement contracts worth billions of pesos on Wednesday, December 7. The hearing was set by Senator Francis Tolentino, committee chairman, and has called on officials of the Department of Health (DOH) to...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a measure that would mandate the establishment of a vaccine and virology institute that would lead the country’s defense against public health emergencies like the Covid-19 pandemic. (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) House...
Recognizing the “heroic role” of barangay health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, the House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday, Dec. 5, approved the tax provisions of the substitute bill consolidating proposed measures for the magna carta of barangay health workers (BHWs). (Photo from...
CAMP Marcelo A. Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Almost all policemen in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley have been inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine. DE GUZMAN Col. Jonard de Guzman, chief of the Regional Medical and Dental Unit 2, said 99.93 percent or 14,703 police personnel in the region...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, December 5 said she expects the Commission on Audit (COA) to finish its special audit on the government’s COVID-19 spending by June next year. Hontiveros said she sees no reason for the state auditing agency to further delay auditing the Department of Health...
Covid-19 Positivity Rates in Metro Manila and Luzon Provinces as of December 3, 2022 (OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research on Monday, Dec. 5 observed a continuous increase in the Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila over the past week. In an update shared on social...
While it expressed “full support” to the “Bakunahang Bayan” drive which starts on Monday, Dec. 5, the Department of Education (DepED) reiterated that vaccination against Covid-19 remained voluntary among learners and its personnel. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In DepEd Order No. 051 series...
The Department of Education (DepED) said that schools will not be allowed to be used as vaccination centers or hubs during the period of the “Bakunahang Bayan” drive to start on Monday, Dec. 5. (NOEL PABALATE / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The DepEd Order No. 051 series of 2022 signed by Vice...
To better protect children from the Covid-19 virus in the new normal, the Marikina City local government will be holding a "Bakunahang Bayan" vaccination drive aimed at the pediatric population aged five to 11 years old from Monday, Dec. 5 to Wednesday, Dec. 7. Photo from Domingo Dela Paz’s FB...
