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 said that bivalent vaccines are effective against the Omicron subvariant BF.7. This is because the bivalent vaccines target the Omicron...
COVID-19 virus The Omicron subvariant BF.7, which is currently driving the rise in China's Covid-19 cases, is already detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Dec. 23. The DOH said that four cases of BF.7 were found in the country based on the latest genome...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Bicol region has logged its first fireworks-related injury this holiday season. The Department of Health (DOH)-Bicol said in the latest Firework-Related Injury (FWRI) surveillance bulletin on Friday morning, Dec. 23, that the victim was a boy less than five-years-old...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Dec. 22, registered 1,031 more cases of Covid-19. Active infections or patients still battling with Covid-19 across the country were at 16,900, latest data from the DOH showed. Among the regions with the most cases in the past two weeks were the...
Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Thursday, Dec. 22, urged the government to allow private hospitals to procure and administer bivalent vaccines for the success of its vaccination efforts. (File photo/MANILA BULLETIN) The former economic adviser of the Duterte administration believes that...
DR. Adriano Suba-an, Western Visayas director of the Department of Health (DOH), supervises Covid-19 vaccination for minors at the Aleosan District Hospital in Alimodian town, Iloilo province. (IPHO/File) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) has assured the release of the Covid-19...
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...
