Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) More than 6,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, May 20. This pushed the country’s total number of cases since last year to 1,165,155, wherein 4.5 percent or 51,912 cases are still active....
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday joined other lawmakers in crticizing the Department of Health's (DOH) "brand agnostic" policy, saying the public should not be blamed over its decision not to inform patients of the brand of COVID-19 vaccines that would be used on them. In the first place, Binay said...
Eligible vaccine recipients need not to worry as Department of Health (DOH) assured them that they will still be informed of the brand of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine they will receive during their vaccination appointment. A health worker prepares to inject a coronavirus vaccine at a...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday warned the Department of Health (DOH) that keeping the brand of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines a secret from the patients could further fuel the public’s mistrust in the government’s inoculation program. Hontiveros said the DOH’s directive to local...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) A total of 30,115 eligible individuals were able to receive their first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH) said on...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) detected 4,700 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total number of active infections to more than 49,000. Active COVID-19 cases nationwide are currently at 49,951. Of these cases, 92.8 percent have mild symptoms, 2.2 percent have no...
A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in Makati City on May 6, 2021 (ALI VICOY/ FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) The brand of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine that will be made available in vaccination centers should not be announced, the Department of Health...
More than 700,000 people in the country have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, May 19. (DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that a total of 3,299,470 vaccine doses were already administered....
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno'' Domagoso said on Tuesday (May 18) that he was just expressing an honest opinion when he mentioned the "super slow" deployment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to local government units (LGUs). Manila City Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso (Manila...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines logged 4,487 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, May 18, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Active cases nationwide increased to 52,291 which is 4.5 percent of the country's overall caseload currently at 1,154,388, the latest case bulletin showed. It...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is closely monitoring the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Visayas and Mindanao as they observe a rise in infections. (DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang Luzon, though nag-plateau...may bahagyang pagbaba na tayo ng dami ng kaso na nakikita. Ngayon, itong...
