DOH-7 to Maribago beachgoers: Monitor selves for COVID-19 symptoms

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The lack of social distancing, wearing of masks, and the breaking of various health protocols in the Maribago Beach in Lapu-Lapu City on January 1, 2021, may cause a rise in the Coronavirus…

DOH-7 notes ‘slight increase’ in firecracker injuries amid pandemic

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that resulted in the implementation of wide-scale quarantine restrictions, the regional health office in Central Visayas recorded a slight increase in the number of firecracker-related injuries.…

DOH-7 to Cebu City: Stricter enforcement of health protocols, not border controls

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is not recommending for Cebu City to implement stricter border controls as a way to prevent another surge of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.…

DOH-7 not recommending ‘full blown’ Sinulog 2021

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has discouraged organizers to conduct a ‘full-blown’ Sinulog Festival this 2021. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of DOH-7, said they would not recommend the holding…

DOH-7: House-to-house distribution of vaccine key in sustaining immunization program

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Despite the threats of the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) will be pushing through with their vaccination program. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of DOH – 7, said…

Carbon pooled testing a success – DOH-7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Of the over 2,000 vendors in Carbon Public Market who participated in the pooled testing initiative, only 33 of them tested positive for the new coronavirus. The Department of Health in Central Visayas…

DOH-7 recommends MGCQ for Cebu City until mid-December

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Recent statistics has shown that the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Cebu City may have massively improved in the past few weeks but health officials here are still reluctant to…

DOH-7: Carbon market is safe but…

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Carbon Public Market, Cebu City’s largest wet market, is safe for visiting, said the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH -7). But the regional health office said this does not mean…

More Carbon vendors to undergo pooled swab testing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More vendors in Cebu City’s largest wet market will undergo the pooled swab testing initiative, the regional health office here announced. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Department of Health in Central…

Pooled testing among Carbon vendors slated this Sept. 30

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The pooled swab testing initiative for vendors in Carbon Public Market will start this Wednesday, September 30. Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH –…

DOH-7: Central Visayas should remain under MGCQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has recommended for the entire region to remain under the most relaxed form of community quarantine. “We’re still not qualified to shift to the ‘new…

DOH-7: Reduced distancing in public transpo not yet appropriate for Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — If it was up to them, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) will not recommend the implementation of a shorter physical distancing between passengers inside public transportation operating in Cebu. Dr.…

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