DOH-7 extends measles, polio vaccination period

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has extended the inoculation schedule to protect children against measles and polio. In an advisory released on March 2, 2021, DOH-7 announced that ‘Chikiting Ligtas’,…

DOH-7 recommends tri-cities to continue with RT-PCR test requirements

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has recommended that the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu maintain the requirement of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for travelers. In a text message…

DOH-7 to Cebu province tourists: Consult experts if feeling unwell

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – As Cebu province prepares to ease restrictions for local tourists, the regional health office is asking those who plan to visit destinations here to always take precautions. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of…

Asymptomatic patients make up 92% of COVID-19 cases in Cebu City 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Even as the critical care utilization rates of hospitals in Metro Cebu gradually increase, health officials here assure that this is not an alarming development.  The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7)…

DOH-7 reiterates call for kids to be vaccinated vs measles, polio 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Central Visayas needs to vaccinate more children if it meant rendering the national government’s inoculation program against measles and polio effective. As of February 7, 2021, data from the Department of Health in Central Visayas…

DOH-7: Premature to say UK variant behind rise in Cebu City’s cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is not recommending putting Cebu City under another round of lockdown as means to solve the rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. “We…

‘Spike not surge’ in COVID cases in Cebu City – officials

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City ended the month of January with its number of new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increased by several folds compared to figures logged in December 2020. Data from the…

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…

6 close contacts of Filipino patient with UK Covid-19 variant who are from C. Visayas test negative

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines–All six passengers from Central Visayas, who happened to be close contacts of the first Filipino patient confirmed to have the mutated variant of the new coronavirus, tested negative of the infection, the regional health…

Cebu City logs 255 new cases during first 9 days of 2021

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City was unable to sustain its previous trend of reporting more recoveries than new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Data from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), compiled…

DOH-7 notes ‘slight increase’ in firecracker injuries amid pandemic

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that resulted in the implementation of wide-scale quarantine restrictions, the regional health office in Central Visayas recorded a slight increase in the number of firecracker-related injuries.…

DOH-7: Public, private cooperation needed in purchasing vaccine

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — News on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines soon rolling out in the Philippines have recently sent waves in all sectors. And even more so locally with Cebu being named as one of the…

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