PH to replace One Health Pass with eArrival Card for inbound travelers on Nov. 1

John Eric Mendoza 10/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Starting November 1,  an eArrival Card will be required for all inbound travelers arriving in the country instead of the One Health Pass (OHP), the Department of Health (DOH) said in an advisory on…

Sen. Go tells public: Get vaccinated, avail of booster shots

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/21/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Senator Christopher “Bong” Go who chairs the Senate committee on health and demography, is encouraging everyone to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and avail of booster shots following the discovery of new variants…

DOH reports local transmission of Omicron XBB subvariant, XBC variant

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 10/21/2022

MANILA, Philippines — There is now local transmission of the COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBB and XBC variant, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday. “Definitely, there is local transmission,” Alathea de Guzman, officer-in-charge of the DOH…

Capitol offers usufruct to iron out Eversley land dispute

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has finally spoken on the land dispute involving the Capitol and Eversley Childs Sanitarium in Mandaue City. Garcia asserted that the provincial government was the rightful owner of the…

Monkeypox local transmission in PH? DOH exec can’t tell if there’s any

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 09/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said that it lacked the information necessary to definitively rule out the possibility of local transmission of the monkeypox virus. DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire pointed…

To wear, or not wear, face masks vs COVID: The zigzag road PH is taking

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer 09/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines—Last August, the Philippine health department expressed concern and hostility toward a local government’s move to make wearing of face masks against COVID-10 optional. Around a week later, it seemed to warm up to almost the…

DOH seeks higher taxes on sweetened beverages, junk food

Kathleen de Villa 09/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines — After getting P155 billion from sin taxes on tobacco and alcohol products, the Department of Health (DOH) now wants to slap additional excises, this time on sweetened beverages, junk food and “nonstaple” food high…

Octa: Voluntary face mask rule may not affect COVID numbers in first few weeks

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 09/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines —The number of Covid-19 cases won’t be affected in the first few weeks should the government make face masks worn outdoors voluntarily, a fellow independent pandemic monitor Octa Research Group said Thursday. Dr. Butch Ong…

Face mask to be optional when outdoors nationwide

Jerome Aning, Kathleen de Villa - @inquirerdotnet 09/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The government has decided to make the wearing of face masks voluntary in open spaces nationwide, a major policy shift to relax COVID-19 protocols as the country transitions to the “new normal” of treating…

Passenger of Manila-HK PAL flight tests positive for monkeypox

Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet 09/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — A passenger of a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight bound for Hong Kong on Sept. 5 tested positive for monkeypox, the air-carrier’s spokesperson, Ciello Villaluna, said in a statement issued on Wednesday night. The passenger…

DOH not aware of Cebu City’s ‘trial period’ for optional use of face masks

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 09/05/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health said on Monday it is unaware of a Cebu City’s “trial period” for the implementation of the optional use of face masks in the city, its officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire…

DOH: Some COVID booster shots not expired but have ‘extended shelf life’

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 09/05/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Some COVID-19 vaccines used for booster shots are not expired but have an “extended shelf life,” Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire clarified on Monday. In a press briefing,  Vergeire was asked…

Previous           Next
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.