Cebu City logs 84-85 percent vax rate versus measles-rubella, polio

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After an extended mass immunization campaign from May to June 2023, Cebu City has marked around 85-percent vaccination rate against measles-rubella and poliomyelitis. In a letter in response to the inquiry of the…

Dengue symptoms to watch out for

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local health authorities are urging Cebuanos to be vigilant and wary of dengue, which has infected hundreds of individuals here this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines dengue as a viral infection…

Cebu City prepares for mass vaccination

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local officials here are now preparing to inoculate the general public by June. Councilor Dave Tumulak and City Health Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, confirmed to reporters on Monday, May 24, 2021, that they…

Preps ongoing for COVID vaccine rollout in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Preparations are now ongoing for the government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inoculation program here. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), for their part, want to do a simulation on how the rollout would…

PUI, TB-meningitis patient, dies in Cebu City hospital

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A patient suspected of having the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Cebu City died on Sunday, March 15, 2020. The Cebu City Health Office confirmed this in a press conference on Sunday.  City…

Rotary Club to give polio vaccines

Gerard Vincent Francisco 10/16/2018

With the upcoming World Polio Day on October 24, the Rotary International District 3860 will be conducting the “Patak” Immunization Day. The activity will be conducted in several barangay health centers in Cebu City. The Rotary International…

Dengue cases down in Cebu City

06/07/2016

THE number of dengue cases had gone down in Cebu City for the past five months, the City Health Office said yesterday. City Health Officer Dr. Daisy Villa said from the 273 dengue cases last January, the…

Public warned on unlabeled food

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/19/2015

The Cebu City Health Office closed down the outlet which produced the rice cakes that made 11 students of Hipodromo Elementary School sick after eating them last week. Cebu City Health Officer Dr. Daisy Villa said the…

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