The Department of Health (DOH) cited 17 local government units in the National Capital Region (NCR) for their Covid-19 response and vaccination best practices for the month of August. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government conducted simultaneous vaccination against the...
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 it is revising its Covid-19 booster coverage target during the first 100 days of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. This...
(File photo) The Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is expected to tackle the country's policy on Covid-19 border restrictions once it reconvenes in the coming weeks, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The Technical Working...
DOH Metro Manila is currently experiencing a continued rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Sept. 20. In the latest DOH report, some parts of the country have noted an increase in cases, while there is a declining trend in the Visayas....
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Sept. 19, a total of 14,707 new Covid-19 cases in the past week. (DOH/MB) Based on the weekly case bulletin, DOH also mentioned that average daily cases are at 2,101 or 4 percent lower than cases from Sept. 5 to Sept. 11. DOH also recorded seven...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, September 19 called on local government units (LGUs) to aggressively campaign their vaccination programs to increase immunization coverage and prevent the outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases. Gatchalian made the call after the Department of Health (DOH)...
In a move that is seen to help a lot of poor Filipinos, Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera will soon file a House bill that would institutionalize the use of guarantee letters by indigent patients in private hospitals. (Olga Kononenko/ Unsplash) The House deputy minority...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO/KEITH BACONGCO) The Department of Health (DOH) said the Philippines has yet to reach the endemic stage despite improvements in its Covid-19 situation and easing of restrictions. Certain criteria need to be met before the state health agency can declare an endemic state,...
A total of 2,275 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Saturday, Sept. 17. Based on its latest bulletin, there are currently 26,271 active cases nationwide. Metro Manila still recorded the most number of cases in the past two weeks with...
laptop-5448504_960_720 The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed support for the continued adoption of the work-from-home scheme as this can help lower the transmission of Covid-19 and other diseases. "We agree to this. Marami na pong pag aaral all over the world ang lumabas na marami ang nag...
The country is set to receive additional 720,000 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines from the Australian Government through the support of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Sept. 16. MB file photo (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
While the Department of Health (DOH) agrees with the World Health Organization (WHO) that the "end is in sight" for the Covid-19 pandemic, the health agency's top official said on Friday, Sept. 16 that the country should remain prepared since the virus is here to stay. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
