COVID-19 watch: 2 patients fully recovered – DOH

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 03/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Two coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in the country have so far recovered, the Department of Health (DOH) announced. In a radio interview Sunday morning, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III initially said that five…

COVID-19 diagnosis tools from SoKor, China coming

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Local hospitals may expect to use soon some 3,500 new testing kits for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), all courtesy of South Korea and China. The kits are awaiting approval from the Food and Drug…

Health workers at PHC, Rizal Medical Center now PUIs for coronavirus — DOH

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 03/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Health personnel at two Metro Manila hospitals are now considered persons under investigation (PUIs) for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after they were exposed to patients who contracted the new coronavirus, the health department…

DOH should take the lead on COVID’s information drive

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 03/13/2020

For now, I do not want to be judgmental on the personnel of the Department of Health (DOH) on how they handle the present crisis on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). I still want to give them the…

2 COVID-19 cases outside Luzon recorded in NegOr, Northern Mindanao

Florence Baesa, Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/11/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two of the 49 patients confirmed to have the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country are now confined in hospitals based in Visayas and Mindanao, recent data from the Department of…

DOH bares 10 more coronavirus cases; PH tally rises to 20

Cathrine Gonzales 03/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 10 additional cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the latest tally to 20. “DOH reported 10 more coronavirus cases on top of…

COVID-19: LGUs told to be ready for possible sustained community transmission

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) has urged local governments in the country to prepare for the possibility of sustained community transmission of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The DOH made this announcement in…

DOH-7 to deploy medical specialists in Cebu province-run hospitals

Rosalie Abatayo 03/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Medical specialists, who will soon be completing their residency training with the Department of Health (DOH), are expected to serve the four provincial hospitals in Cebu. Their assignment in government hospitals is part of…

DOH: ‘Less than 10’ Koreans from Daegu remain in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) said most of the 26 South Koreans in Cebu who flew in from Daegu City last February 25 have returned to their country. DOH Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario…

Traveling Abroad? You might want to check your host country’s immunization requirements

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Summer is just a few sleeps away and Cebuanos who are planning to spend their vacations outside the country should have another thing to put on their checklist. Since the Philippines declared a…

DOH to roll out intensified surveillance, vaccination drives against spread of polio in CV

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health (DOH) announced Monday, February 17, 2020, that they included Central Visayas in their initiatives to roll out strengthened acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, and vaccination drives to prevent the spread of…

Polio cases still on the rise

Jovic Yee - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Despite several supplemental vaccination programs mounted by the Department of Health (DOH) to contain the polio outbreak, the number of kids afflicted with the debilitating disease still continues to rise with a 17th case…

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