Newly appointed DOH Undersecretary Camilo Pancratius Cascolan (Facebook / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) New Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Camilo Cascolan said that he was tasked to supervise the operations of the state health agency in the Visayas. In a television interview, Cascolan...
The House Committee on Health on Thursday, Nov. 10, approved the consolidated substitute bill that would establish the Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control, which was at the core of the health industry’s concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic. A general view of the Centers for...
A proposed measure by Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre that would establish the Batasan General Hospital in Quezon City was approved by the House Committee on Health on Thursday, Nov. 10. (Photo courtesy of National Task Force Against Covid-19 via Facebook) Three other...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is ramping up efforts to improve and bring mental health services closer to communities. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, Nov. 9, conducted a meeting with other health officials at the National Center for Mental Health in...
(DOH/MB) A total of 1,241 new Covid-19 cases were logged on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Latest data showed that the National Capital Region (NCR) still recorded the most cases in the last 14 days with 3,005. Calabarzon came next with 1,856, followed by Western Visayas...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippines recorded close to 700 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The Department of Health (DOH) said 694 more cases of the viral disease were confirmed, pushing the number of active cases nationwide to 16,034. Metro Manila still had the highest...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Oct. 7 a total of 6,346 new Covid-19 cases during the past week. (DOH/MB) In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that daily average cases are currently at 907 which is 30 percent lower than cases from Oct. 24 to Oct. 30. DOH also reported two cases...
The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Monday, Nov. 7 that former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Camilo Cascolan took his oath as one of the agency's undersecretaries. (Photo courtesy of DOH) "Specific assignment will be issued through a Department Personnel Order (DPO) in the coming...
DOH ​​Children aged five to 11 are not yet eligible to receive a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH) said. "Until now, booster shots are still not recommended by the Philippine government to our children five to 11 ," said DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Center for Health Development in the Ilocos region reported an increase in the number of hand, foot, and mouth disease this year. Dr. Rheuel Bobis, spokesman of the Center for Health Development in the Ilocos region, said in a local radio station interview that there is a...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada is now seeking a Senate inquiry into the disturbing outbreak of cholera in multiple regions in the country. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (Senate PRIB) The Department of Health (DOH) has reported a total of 3,729 cases since January this year, or a 282 percent increase from the...
DOH The country's daily tally of Covid-19 cases increased to over 1,000 again on Saturday, Nov. 5, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. The DOH’s Covid-19 tracker showed 1,229 new cases on Saturday. This was higher than the 776 infections recorded on Friday, Nov. 4. In the past two weeks, the...
