FACE MASK (Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are now under the moderate-risk classification for Covid-19 transmission. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that all areas in the Philippines are still...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 104 additional cases of Omicron subvariants in the Philippines. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said there were 95 new BA.5 cases detected. Of these cases, 67 were from Davao Region, 25 from Soccsksargen, and one case each from...
Makabayan bloc lawmakers want to learn the circumstances behind the reported expiration last July of 4.2 million doses of the private sector’s Covid-19 vaccines worth P5.1 billion. Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) Read:...
A House leader has commended the executive department’s recent move to provide additional assistance to the country’s needy hemodialysis patients. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (PNA) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo specifically hailed the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...
A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP The country's Covid-19 cases could peak by next month, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. This is based on 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 more than 364,000 booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines were already administered through the "PinasLakas" vaccination drive. "A...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte highlighted on Thursday, Aug. 4 the need to establish what he described as a "heightened community-based public awareness campaign about monkeypox". (Unsplash) According to the Mindanao solon, having such information drive on monkeypox will help government...
THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. Hospitals have sufficient bed capacity to manage dengue patients amid the rising number of cases in the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. "Sa ngayon, wala kaming nakukuhang report na ang ating mga kama sa hospital ay...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. tasked all local government units (LGUs) to immediately enforce ‘proactive measures’ to prevent the transmission of monkeypox. “While everyone is assured that our public health surveillance...
Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday, Aug. 3 asked the Department of Health (DOH) to give Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots to any sector in need before they expire later this month. Marcos, elder sister of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., stressed that billions of pesos were used in buying...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that monkeypox is not considered as a sexually transmitted disease (STD). DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire debunked this misconception during a recent press briefing. "Monkeypox has not been classified as a sexually transmitted disease," said...
DOH The Philippines has been logging more than 3,000 Covid-19 cases per day, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, August 2. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said an average of 3,541 cases have been recorded daily in the recent week. "All areas are still at continuous...