14K doses of Sinovac vaccines arrive in Cebu today

Futch Anthony Inso 04/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another batch of 14,400 doses of Sinovac Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have arrived in Cebu on Wednesday morning, April 7, 2021. This was confirmed by Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the…

DOH-7 won’t recommend lifting of liquor ban  in Cebu City 

Futch Anthony Inso 04/07/2021

Cebu City, Philippines—Despite the decline in the number of COVID-19 cases that were recorded daily in Cebu City in the past few days, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) will not recommend to the city…

Free swab tests for returning Filipino travelers at Mactan Cebu Int’l Airport

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Filipinos from abroad can now avail of free real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests at the Mactan airport. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), in a press release, announced…

Cebu and Region 7 ‘not candidates’ for ECQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has expressed confidence that the city will remain under the most lenient level of community quarantine this April. “I think of the lesson (we learned before), and I…

Region 7 to receive more Sinovac doses

03/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) announced on Monday, March 29, 2021, that the region is set to receive additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. In a virtual press briefer, Dr. Mary…

50K more HCWs in CV to be vaccinated

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas still needs to vaccinate more than 50,000 healthcare workers as the number qualified to receive free COVID-19 vaccines increased. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Tuesday, March 24,…

Minglanilla mayor jabbed with AstraZeneca despite not being in priority list

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Minglanilla Mayor Elanito Peña on Tuesday, March 23, confirmed that he was injected with the first dose of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine from AstraZeneca. This despite prevailing protocols that healthcare workers, and…

Hospitals told: Use all AstraZeneca vaccine supply by Mar. 24

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Hospitals and healthcare workers in Central Visayas are urged to exhaust their supplies of AstraZeneca vaccines before Wednesday, March 24. The Department of Health in the region (DOH-7) on Tuesday, March 23, made…

DOH-7 targets to complete AstraZeneca jab by Mar. 23

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is targeting to complete all healthcare workers’ inoculation schedule for the first dose of AstraZeneca by Tuesday, March 23, 2021. In a virtual press briefer…

Region 7’s vaccine success rate still below 50%

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas, as of March 18, is yet to achieve a 50 percent success rate in the vaccination of all healthcare workers against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a recent press conference, the…

Reassigning of AstraZeneca vaccines not due to blood clot concerns – DOH7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Thursday, March 18, clarified that their decision to pullout AstraZeneca vaccines from hospitals is not due to mounting health concerns. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche,…

Cops who recovered from COVID-19 donate convalescent plasma

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 100 cops from Central Visayas who have recovered from COVID-19 donated their convalescent plasma for the public to avail for free.  These policemen already voluntarily donated their blood on Tuesday, March…

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