ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo logged 18 cases of the new Covid-19 sub-variants XBB and XBC. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) said 14 cases of the sub-variant XBB were recorded in nine towns and the component city of Passi. Three XBB cases were logged in the towns of Oton and...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —- The number of suspected ‘measles and rubella’ cases reported in the Northern Mindanao region this year has increased by 82 percent according to the Department of Health Region 10 (DOH-10). Dr. Emma Imperio, DOH-10 National Immunization Program medical coordinator, in an...
The Philippines saw 1,379 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The new cases brought the country's running total of cases to 3,987,316, wherein 3,900,344 were tagged as recoveries, 63,625 were fatalities, and 23,347 patients are still battling with the said viral illness. Metro Manila...
ILOILO CITY – Sixty out of the 61 cases of the XBB variant of Covid-19 in the country were found in Western Visayas. The Department of Health (DOH) did not disclose where these cases are in Western Visayas but said 50 cases have recovered while eight cases are still active. The remaining two...
DOH Health authorities are currently conducting an investigation to determine the cause of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) cases in Batangas, the Department of Health - (DOH) Calabarzon said. In a statement, the DOH-Calabarzon said it already “started the epidemiological investigation to...
DOH Vaccination coupled with compliance to health and safety protocols are still the best defense against the Covid-19 virus, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public. The DOH issued the said reminder following the detection of Omicron subvariant XBB and the XBC variant in the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the One Health Pass (OHP) has been changed to a new electronic arrival (eArrival) card after several complaints from travelers were received. This was the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) still backed the conduct of face-to-face classes amid some developments in the country’s Covid-19 situation. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made this statement after she was asked about the Health department’s current position on the conduct of...
The Covid-19 cases in the Philippines could hit 18,000 per day by Nov. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) warned on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Current projections of the DOH indicate that cases may hit 2,400 cases per day to as high as 18,000 by the middle of November. “We have new projections where it...
Batangas 2nd District Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro on Tuesday, Oct. 18, asked the Department of Health (DOH) to look into the outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD), which has so far affected 100 children, in seven barangays in Batangas. (Photo from the Department of Health)...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The use of the Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech for children aged six to 17 is now allowed in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said....
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported that Omicron subvariant XBB and the XBC variant of the Covid-19 virus were already detected in the Philippines. Based on the latest genome sequencing result, 81 cases of XBB subvariant were detected and 193 cases of XBC...
