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Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III announced that the administration of the second Covid-19 booster shot in Pateros and the rest of the National Capital Region will start on Monday, April 25.

The national government should immediately start bringing Covid-19 vaccines to villages and administer them to those who have yet to be vaccinated.

Officers of the Department of Health (DOH), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) checked the current health situation in the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) on Wednesday, April 20.

Quezon 4th district Rep. Angelina “Helen” Tan has revealed the signing of a law establishing the Southern Luzon Multi-Specialty Medical Center, which she said would help decongest hospitals in Metro Manila amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

There has been no significant increase in Covid-19 cases in any part of the country during the observance of holy week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19.

Because all vaccine matters

Masking has been the keen deterrent since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic two years ago to prevent the disease from further spreading but since cases have not been rising in the past months, some may have been complacent and now the country’s health department is looking at a six-digit jump in new infections by the middle of May.

Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19.

The Department of Health (DOH) is seeing a gradual increase of Covid-19 cases in 14 areas under Alert Level 1.

The Department of Health (DOH) has logged 1,674 new Covid-19 cases from April 11 to 17, having an average daily rate of 239 which is 12 percent lower compared to the recorded cases from April 4 to 10.

It is more important to focus on the number of vaccinated people in the country than on the number of Covid-19 cases, World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) representative to the Philippines Dr. Rajendra Yadav said.

The government continues to implement all precautionary measures to prevent any Covid-19 surge in the future.

The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is looking to roll out the second booster for specific populations nationwide “as soon as possible”, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, April 14.

Department of Health (DOH) experts in epidemiologic modeling are seeing a possible increase in Covid-19 cases due to a decline in the population’s compliance with minimum public health standards (MPHS).

An increase in the number of dengue cases has been observed in some provinces located in four regions in the country, Department of Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario S. Vergeire said on Tuesday, April 12.

The Department of Health (DOH) has provided additional evidence to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the amendment of the emergency use authorization (EUA) to allow the administration of the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals and to include booster shots for minors aged 12 to 17.

At least P6.1 million was allotted by the Department of Health for the purchases of medicines, health kits, personal protective equipment (PPEs), and other Covid-19 medical supplies for residents affected by the onslaught of tropical depression “Agaton.”

A total of 707 Covid-19 patients with severe and critical conditions were hospitalized last Sunday, April 10, the Department of Health (DOH) said.