DOH Local government units (LGUs) were urged to establish their own committee that will ensure access to clean drinking water in their respective areas. This action was discussed during the meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health (IACEH) last Jan. 16, said Department of Health...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, January 18, expressed his disgust at the failure and confusion among government agencies on questions about the importation of salt or importation permit issues. Villanueva was referring to a hybrid public hearing by the Senate agriculture...
The same restrictions will still remain according to the Department of Health (DOH) even in the event that the World Health Organization (WHO) lifts the public health emergency due to Covid-19. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3...
Any vaccine or health technology will always have a health risk attached to it, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) stated on Tuesday, Jan. 17 as United States (US) authorities are bound to investigate drugmaker Pfizer's Covid-19 bivalent vaccine and its possible link to a type of brain...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded on Monday, Jan. 16, a total of 2,934 new Covid-19 cases during the past week. (DOH / Manila Bulletin) In its weekly case bulletin, DOST said that the daily average cases are currently at 419 which is 6 percent lower than the cases on Jan. 2 to Jan. 8. DOH...
DOH There were 279 new people infected with the Covid-19 virus in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, Jan. 15. The new cases brought the tally of confirmed infections since 2020 to 4,070,287. Of this figure, 12,143 remain active or still recuperating from this viral disease....
DOH Another 368 more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Jan. 14. The number of active cases nationwide rose to 12,473, as shown in the DOH Covid-19 tracker. In the past two weeks, Metro Manila registered the highest number of cases with 1,860. It...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN Four out of the eight Filipino travelers who recently arrived in the Philippines from China were found to be carrying Omicron subvariants BF.7 and BA.5.2, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Jan. 13. This was based on the result of the whole genome...
DOH It is still "unknown" whether the emergency phase of the Covid-19 pandemic will end this year, the Department of Health (DOH) believes. Such a scenario is "difficult to answer" at this point but the Health department is looking forward to it happening, considering the improvements in the number...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that its cancer-related policies were above board and was approved by key stakeholders. In a statement, the DOH said that all of its processes related to cancer programs were "unanimously approved by the National Integrated Cancer Control Council (NICCC). "...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) An infectious disease expert is hoping that the upcoming arrival of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines can help improve the country’s booster shot uptake. Dr. Edsel...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than 73 million individuals were already fully-vaccinated against Covid-19. "As of Jan. 8, 2022, almost 73.8 million Filipinos have been fully-vaccinated," the DOH said. The figure includes 6.9 million senior citizens, 10 million adolescents, and...
