Flu vaccines in PH safe, DOH assures

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 10/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health on Friday vouched for the safety of influenza vaccines in the country are safe, as it pushes through with its national immunization program amid concerns on the safety of such…

DOH reports 14,941 new COVID-19 recoveries; total now at 310,158

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 10/18/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health on Sunday reported 14,941 new recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019, bringing the total of recovered patients to 310,158. In its daily bulletin, DOH likewise reported 2,379 new infections, raising…

Cebu City’s active COVID-19 cases are down to 230

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City now only have 230 active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.  This after the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the Department of Health (DOH) finished their data harmonization revealing 120 recoveries.  The…

Gov’t body grants PBA provisional approval

Bong Lozada 09/25/2020

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is officially back after the league received a provisional approval from Inter-Agency Task force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to conduct its season resumption in a bubble environment in Clark,…

8-month budget gap swells to P741B due to COVID-19

Ben O. de Vera 09/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A pandemic-induced drop in revenues while the government spent more to fight COVID-19 widened the budget deficit by 1,510.6 percent year-on-year to P40.1 billion in August, the government reported on Wednesday, September 23, 2020.…

Cebu City to appeal DOH decision on Sapangdaku cemetery

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will attempt to appeal the decision of the Department of Health (DOH) over their refusal to provide the necessary permits for the cemetery in Barangay Sapangdaku for the Coronavirus…

DOH: Dengue cases, deaths see ‘sharp decline’ in 2020

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 09/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The number of dengue cases and deaths in the country has significantly decreased in 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. Dengue cases recorded from January 1 to August 15 this year dropped…

DOH OKs COVID-19 test specimen collection home service

Cathrine Gonzales 09/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has allowed the “remote collection” of specimens from the homes of individuals suspected to have the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Friday, September 4,…

DILG reminds LGUs that rapid tests not required for LSIs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is reminding local government units (LGU) that rapid antibody tests should not be required from Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs). DILG said that as per the…

COVID-19 cases in PH surpass 200,000-mark with 5,277 new infections

Katrina Hallare 08/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases surpassed the 200,000-mark after 5,277 new infections were recorded on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Based on the latest data provided by the Department of Health (DOH),…

DOH warns vs use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin for COVID-19

Darryl John Esguerra 08/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, warned against the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat COVID-19, noting that the drug has yet to get approval as a treatment for…

DOH logs 2,965 new COVID-19 cases; total now at 197,164

Katrina Hallare 08/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, recorded 2,965 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, bringing the Philippines’ total to 197,164. The latest data from the DOH showed that of the total…

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