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The Philippines recorded another milestone in its ongoing fight against Covid-19 as more than 70 million Filipinos are now fully vaccinated.

The Health and Interior departments renewed their calls for local government units (LGUs) to further double their efforts in vaccinating their eligible constituents against Covid-19.

The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support for the conduct of face-to-face classes amid the ongoing threat of Covid-19.

The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently exploring ways to procure the necessary vaccines needed against monkeypox.

Almost two million Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to expire by the end of June, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said.

The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated that all Covid-19 vaccines in the country are safe and effective.

The current Covid-19 reproduction number (Rt) of Metro Manila is at 1.25, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, May 26.

The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now preparing isolation facilities amid growing concerns about the viral disease called monkeypox.

A pediatric infectious disease expert urged all eligible Filipinos to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to protect children below five-years-old.

Given the ‘slow uptick’ of Covid-19 cases detected by the Department of Health (DOH), it said on Tuesday, May 24 that it does not want to downplay the situation or declare it as a cause for panic.

While the attention suddenly shifted from Covid-19 to Monkeypox, some infectious disease experts believe that the public should still be more concerned about Covid-19, citing several reasons as to why this should be the case.

Reemergence of Monkeypox, a viral zoonosis or a virus transmitted to humans from animals, recently made rounds on social media after it appeared in the middle of a global health crisis caused by Covid-19.

Over 100 patients in Malabon, including senior citizens and immunocompromised, received their 1st booster shots against Covid-19 after the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) “Bakuna” Bus returned to the city.

The Department of Health (DOH) said that there is no available test yet to diagnose “long- Covid.”

Another Omicron subvariant called BA.4 has entered the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Saturday, May 21.

A health reform advocate on Friday, May 20, said that the national government should “embark on an educational campaign” and impose border control measures amid the threat of monkeypox.

The Department of Health (DOH) said there are still no monkeypox cases in the Philippines.

The Department of Health (DOH) said it is closely monitoring the latest developments in relation to a viral disease called monkeypox.