DOH The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged health workers to receive their second Covid-19 booster shot. “Among those healthcare workers na hindi pa ho nakakapag second booster shot, tayo po still encouraging them,” said DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) and the Malacañang Palace are currently discussing the possibility of extending the Covid-19 state of calamity. “Ngayon, tayo ay nakikipag-usap sa Office of the President kung ano yung best option natin since magi-expire na ang state of calamity by the end of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) logged 626 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, the new infections brought the nationwide tally of active cases to 17,263. The regions with the most recorded cases in the past two weeks were the National Capital Region with...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) assured that the current stock of monovalent Covid-19 vaccines will still be used even once the bivalent vaccines arrive in the country. “Let me reiterate, ang (the) monovalent vaccine, ito yung mga nasa stocks natin ngayon, hindi po natin titigilan ang...
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 that aside from Janssen–some vaccine manufacturers have also started applying for a Certificate of Product Registration (CPR)...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Dec. 19 a total of 7,572 Covid-19 cases were recorded during the past week. DOH/MB In its weekly case bulletin, DOH disclosed that the daily average cases are now at 1,082, which is 9 percent lower than cases from Dec. 5 11. The agency also...
The Department of Health (DOH) should make sure no vaccines would go to waste despite its plan to acquire bivalent COVID-19 vaccines. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, made the appeal as he expressed concerns over the effectiveness of the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH), together with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), said they are open for any discussions regarding concerns on the anticipated rise in the premium contribution to PhilHealth next year. “The Department of Health is cognizant of the concerns...
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 that more than 592,000 health workers in the country have yet to receive their second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. At...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) is closely monitoring cholera cases in the country following reports of an increase in the number of cases of such illness globally. In a statement, the DOH reported a total of 5,860 cholera cases in the country from Jan. 1 to Nov. 26, which were 282 percent...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Philippines, in partnership with the Chinese embassy and the Department of Health (DOH), donated an autoclave and equipment to the Pasig City General Hospital (PCGH) as part of their Covid-19 healthcare waste management response project. Aside from...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it has collaborated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of China to further improve the Philippines' healthcare waste management. On Friday, Dec. 16, the UNDP turned over to the DOH the project called "Learning Experience...
