The Department of Health (DOH) is actively monitoring the possibility of a holiday Covid-19 surge, and is focused on bolstering its vaccination and booster program, according to Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo. Quimbo is the Senior Vice Chair of the Committee on Appropriations and the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) is asking for patience from parents as the agency is still studying the proposals to allow Covid-19 vaccination for children below...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The first dose of vaccination against Covid-19 for five to 11 years old in Northern Mindanao is set to resume, a high ranking official of the Department of Health Region 10 (DOH-10) confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The DOH-10 is set to receive 60,000 doses of pediatric...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Sept. 21, reported 1,886 more people who contracted Covid-19. Based on the latest DOH case update, active coronavirus cases in the country stood at 27,284. Metro Manila still has the highest number of new Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks with...
The Department of Health (DOH) said the pandemic is not over yet as the transmission of Covid-19 virus continues across the globe. DOH UNDERSECRETARY and Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire. (MB photo) (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire does not share the same...
The Department of Health (DOH) cited 17 local government units in the National Capital Region (NCR) for their Covid-19 response and vaccination best practices for the month of August. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government conducted simultaneous vaccination against the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is revising its Covid-19 booster coverage target during the first 100 days of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. This...
(File photo) The Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is expected to tackle the country's policy on Covid-19 border restrictions once it reconvenes in the coming weeks, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The Technical Working...
DOH Metro Manila is currently experiencing a continued rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Sept. 20. In the latest DOH report, some parts of the country have noted an increase in cases, while there is a declining trend in the Visayas....
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Sept. 19, a total of 14,707 new Covid-19 cases in the past week. (DOH/MB) Based on the weekly case bulletin, DOH also mentioned that average daily cases are at 2,101 or 4 percent lower than cases from Sept. 5 to Sept. 11. DOH also recorded seven...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, September 19 called on local government units (LGUs) to aggressively campaign their vaccination programs to increase immunization coverage and prevent the outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases. Gatchalian made the call after the Department of Health (DOH)...
In a move that is seen to help a lot of poor Filipinos, Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera will soon file a House bill that would institutionalize the use of guarantee letters by indigent patients in private hospitals. (Olga Kononenko/ Unsplash) The House deputy minority...