Cebu City Council pushes for quarantine rooms in barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Council wants barangays (villages) here to have their own quarantine rooms to isolate anyone who shows symptoms of respiratory infections in the community. This after the Department of Health confirmed that a…

5-year-old Chinese child in Cebu has recovered – DOH

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/22/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines–The 5-year-old child who tested positive for a non-specific pancorona virus in Cebu City has recovered from having flu-like symptoms. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III announced this in an interview with Radyo Inquirer Wednesday…

DOH extends polio campaign until April

Renzo Acosta 01/07/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) announced Monday the extension of its Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio (SPKP) campaign in Mindanao and Metro Manila until April this year. In a statement, the DOH said the reason…

‘Oxymoronic’: Most injuries due to legal fireworks–DOH

Jovic Yee 01/02/2020

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday said the Department of Health (DOH) would propose a law that would impose an absolute ban on the use of firecrackers in the country, noting that majority of the injuries…

Injuries from fireworks down by 35% this year, DOH says

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 01/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The number of injuries due to fireworks has decreased 35 percent to 164 cases nationwide, the Department of Health said Wednesday. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the number recorded from December 21, 2019…

DOH to revelers: Party on, but mind what you eat

Jovic Yee - Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/30/2019

Health officials on Sunday appealed to the public, especially to people with chronic ailments, to be mindful of what they eat during the New Year celebration so as not to aggravate their condition. The holiday season, Health…

DOH polio team waylaid by NPA rebels in Agusan del Norte

Froilan Gallardo 11/30/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — Health workers conducting an anti-polio vaccination in the hinterlands of Agusan del Norte were waylaid by suspected New People’s Army rebels, the military said. Colonel Maurito Licudine, commander of the Army…

Polio vaccine still available, DOH assures public

10/28/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) assured the public that oral polio vaccines (OPV) would remain available although its two-week synchronized polio vaccination campaign had ended. The vaccination drive in Lanao del Sur, Marawi City,…

DOH urges private hospitals to stay with PhilHealth

Leila B. Salaverria - Inquirer.net 10/23/2019

MANILA, Philippines — It will be a move that will benefit no one. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Tuesday appealed to private hospitals to renew their Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) accreditation, saying unilaterally withdrawing their…

DOH kicks off nationwide polio vaccination drive

Jovic Yee, Meg Adonis 10/15/2019

MANILA, Philippines — At Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City, Julie Ann Ragum lined up starting at 8 a.m. on Monday with over 100 other parents who wanted to have their children immunized for free against polio…

Funds for health cut by P10 billion

Melvin Gascon - Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Funds for health services in the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 that the House of Representatives approved on Friday were slashed by about P10 billion, even as the country is facing a polio epidemic…

Did haze cause female college student’s demise in Cebu?

Futch Anthony Inso, Rosalie Abatayo 09/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines ⁠—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is not confirming reports that a female college student from Cebu did indeed die because of the haze that blanketed Metro Cebu in the past days.…

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