To sustain the decline in cases of pertussis, also known as “whooping cough,” the Department of Health (DOH) is preparing to distribute 500,000 doses of the pentavalent vaccine, which is an effective protection against the highly contagious respiratory infection.In a statement on Thursday, Aug....
BUTUAN CITY – Health authorities are on alert after two pertussis deaths have been recorded in the Caraga region. The region recorded 54 cumulative cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, from January 1 to June 2 this year.Out of the 54, 45 were suspect and nine were positive cases....
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH)-Bicol recorded 35 pertussis or whooping cough cases from January 1 to April 27.The agency reported on Monday, May 6, that 23 are clinical while 12 are laboratory confirmed cases.The DOH-Bicol said the two fatalities were from the provinces...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) has reported three new cases of pertussis or whooping cough here, bringing the total positive cases to six.Dr. Maria Carmela Gensoli, city health officer, said the patients are all males, aged one-year-old, one-month-old, and two-months-old.The...
ILOILO CITY – This city has recorded its first pertussis or whooping cough fatality.Citing the Department of Health (DOH), Mayor Jerry Treñas said the victim was a one-month-old baby.The Iloilo City Health Office said the city has 30 pertussis cases as of April 12.Dr. Roland Jay Fortuna,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 21 cases of pertussis or whooping cough with one fatality in the Bicol region from January 1 to April 7.In a press statement issued on Thursday, April 12, the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the DOH-Bicol...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – This city has declared a state of calamity due to a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak.The Department of Health-Center for Health Development-Calabarzon reported 276 cases in this city from January 1 to April 6 with 103 confirmed cases.Laguna had the highest number of...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) reported three confirmed cases of pertussis or whooping cough here.Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said the patients are all girls from Barangays Tangub, Taculing, and Villamonte aged one- to three-months-old.Tan said that...
The Department of Health (DOH)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) is under code blue alert against pertussis.It has activated the Incident Management Team (IMT) to augment the needs of local health offices.Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Health (RDRRM-H)...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, April 9, noted the increasing number of pertussis cases in the country since the year 2024 started.(DOH / Manila Bulletin)DOH, in a statement, said that based on the data from Jan. 1 to March 30 showed a total of 1,112 cases since the start of the...
As the country still faces the crisis of “whooping cough" or pertussis, the Department of Health (DOH) pointed out on Monday, April 8, that "vaccine hesitancy" hindered the efforts of dealing with the disease outbreak.(Mark Balmores/ Manila Bulletin File Photo)DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, in a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, April 5, confirmed the first case of pertussis or whooping cough in Eastern Visayas.This was a three-month-old male infant from Pastrana, Leyte, who has recovered and discharged from the hospital.The DOH-8 logged 31 suspected cases of...
