Five ‘pandemic trends’ in the Philippines

Immae Lachica 03/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Have you been seeing the post online saying, “This week was the last normal days of our lives?” Ever wonder why? It was in mid-March in the year 2020 when the world paused and…

DOH-7: 99.5 percent of COVID allowance for healthcare, non-healthcare workers disbursed

Futch Anthony Inso 10/02/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has already disbursed 99.5-percent of the P1,850,788,660.23 intended as payment of the Health Emergency Allowance (HEA)/One Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) allowance (OCA) for the healthcare/non-healthcare workers in…

Julieta Gempisao: Cebu City’s remaining female kutsero shares struggles in a man’s world

Resha Kaye Sarita 06/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City has always been known for its richness in culture and heritage. And in this modern day and age, we continue to see horse-drawn carriages, locally known as tartanilla, that continue to…

DOH: COVID-19 cases plateauing

Kathleen de Villa 05/12/2023

COVID-19 cases nationwide are plateauing as the number of new cases daily stayed at the 1,000 mark for the seventh straight day on Wednesday, although new infections are going up in some areas. Health-care utilization rates as…

COVID-19 pandemic not yet over, says DOH

Kathleen de Villa 05/10/2023

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will submit to President Marcos by next week its recommendations on the next direction for the country’s COVID-19 response in the wake of the lifting…

Here to stray

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 05/08/2023

“She cannot come to work today.” “One-third of our resident staff is down with the virus.” “Should I be taking Molnupiravir even without undergoing the test?” “We need to sit down and review our infection control policies.”…

Marcos says gov’t might require use of face mask again amid rising COVID-19 cases

Daphne Galvez 05/01/2023

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Sunday (US time) said the government might bring back the mandatory use of face masks in the Philippines amid the recent rise in COVID-19 cases. Marcos…

56 of 82 provinces placed under COVID-19 alert level 1

Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Jane Bautista 04/24/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Most parts of the country, or 56 out of the total of 82 provinces, will remain under alert level 1, the least restrictive under the government’s alert level system for COVID-19, until the end…

Japan’s March visitors at post-COVID high, lured by cherry blossoms

04/20/2023

TOKYO – Visitors to Japan surged in March to their highest after the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Wednesday, with overseas tourists flocking to see the nation’s famous cherry blossoms for the first time in four…

DOH OKs 2nd booster shot for general adult population

Kathleen de Villa 04/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has finally approved the rollout of second booster shots against COVID-19 for the general adult population. DOH officer in charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, said…

COVID cases slightly up during Holy Week

Dona Passibugan 04/11/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The daily average number of new COVID-19 cases climbed to 278 during Holy Week, up by 13 percent compared to the previous week’s 246 cases a day. According to the Department of Health’s (DOH)…

COVID caused brain damage in 2 infants infected during pregnancy — US study

Reuters 04/07/2023

CHICAGO — Researchers at the University of Miami reported on Thursday, April 6, what they believe are the first two confirmed cases in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus crossed a mother’s placenta and caused brain damage in the…

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