DOH puts procurement of 4 ‘high-end’ laptops on hold

Neil Arwin Mercado 08/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has put on hold its procurement of four “high end” laptops worth a total of P700,000. DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said the procurement was put on hold “pending the…

COA also scores DOH ‘wastage’ of meds, supplies

Nestor Corrales 08/14/2021

The Commission on Audit (COA) has found that the Department of Health (DOH) had procured P95.15 million worth of medicines and medical supplies that were not being used because they were either expired, soon to expire or…

DOH: Gov’t discussing how to regulate sale of oxygen tanks

Catherine Gonzales 08/10/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The government is discussing how it can regulate the sale of oxygen tanks in preparation for the possible impact of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the country’s healthcare system, the Department of Health (DOH)…

DOH not yet keen on vaccinating minors: Protecting adults also protect children

Krissy Aguilar 08/10/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health will not yet recommend the vaccination of minors at this time due to the lack of COVID-19 vaccine supply, but it made an assurance that unvaccinated children would also be…

Stock up on oxygen amid Delta variant risk – WHO

Maricar Cinco 08/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) assumes a community transmission of the highly infectious Delta variant is already happening in the country despite the lack of enough sequenced samples it can show as proof and…

165 of Delta variant cases were detected locally — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 08/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The country has so far detected 165 local cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday as it assumes that there is already community transmission of the highly…

Delta not specifically targeting children — WHO

Agence France Presse 07/31/2021

GENEVA, Switzerland — The Delta variant of the coronavirus is not specifically targeting children, the World Health Organization said Friday. The WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove said the evidence showed that the variant first detected…

DOH: 32 Delta variant cases detected in Region 7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 32 cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were detected in Central Visayas, the state’s health bureau reported. The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, July…

Cebu City to give P10k incentive to private hospital nurses, to hire 200 more

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/28/2021

Attention nurses, Cebu City is in need of 200 nurses to augment its healthcare system in light of the rising COVID-19 cases in the city. | REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/ CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s hospitals are lacking…

Mandaue EOC: Faster release of swab test results promised 

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/26/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines—The Mandaue City Emergency Operations Center and the Department of Health (DOH) have agreed to hasten the release of swab test results needed by the city during their meeting on Monday, July 26, 2021. Lawyer…

16 more Delta variant cases detected, including 11 local cases

Cathrine Gonzales 07/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, July 16, 2021, 16 additional cases, including 11 “local cases,” of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the Philippines. This brings the total number of Delta…

DOH: IATF lets LGUs decide on requiring COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travelers

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 07/09/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The national government’s pandemic task force has agreed to leave the discretion to local government units (LGUs) on whether to require fully vaccinated travelers to present negative COVID-19 test results, the Department of Health…

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