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With just days to go before the expiration of the Bayanihan 1 pandemic aid law, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the release of P9.02 billion to the Department of Health (DOH) to cover the special risk [...]
Senators have raised the possibility that some government officials may be profiting from the sale of face shields, noting that health authorities have yet to present solid scientific basis for their mandatory use. The lawmakers cited past instances during which [...]
Despite the detection of Delta and other variants of concern in the country, a vaccine expert has advised against getting a third dose of the anti-COVID vaccine, at least for now. In an interview on Monday night with “The Chiefs” [...]
A member of the Department of Health’s Technical Advisory Group said there is a need to keep out the Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant as it is very dangerous. “We need to keep out the Delta variant which is very [...]
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened anew those who refuse to be vaccinated, this time to put them behind jail. In his public address Monday night, Duterte noted that the country is currently in a public health crisis and national emergency. “Kung [...]
Three medical experts from Israel’s Ministry of Health arrived in the Philippines on Sunday afternoon, June 20, to support the Philippines in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National [...]
Local health authorities on Tuesday recorded 3,972 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,188,672. Active cases: 48,201 or 4.1% of the total Recoveries: 4,659, pushing total to 1,120,452 Deaths: 36, bringing total to 20,019 What’s new today? Coronavirus deaths in [...]
A BREATH test designed to detect coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and give accurate results within a minute has been approved for use in Singapore, the National University of Singapore said in a statement. The test, developed by NUS spin-off startup [...]
Physicians from Negros Oriental are urging the national government to place the province under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the high number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. “The past few weeks [have] been overwhelming for those of us [...]
There is a “marked decline’’ in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila and Central Luzon but an uptick in cases is being monitored in the Visayas and Mindanao, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday. “We need to closely monitor [...]
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