65.5% of Region 7’s medical workers fully vaccinated vs. COVID-19

Morexette Marie Erram 07/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than half of healthcare workers in Central Visayas have already been fully vaccinated, recent data from the regional health office showed. The Department of Health here (DOH-7) reported that, as of July…

Region 7 still needs to vaccinate close to 100k HCWs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas still needs to vaccinate at least 98,000 healthcare workers (HCWs), nearly two months since it started its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Based on the recent report made by the Visayas COVID-19 Vaccination…

No Lenten break in fight vs coronavirus, but ‘even heroes get tired’

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 04/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — During this time in 2019, Jun Ray Mendez was with his family, spending time together bonding, praying, and visiting various churches around Surigao del Sur as part of their Holy Week tradition. This time,…

DOH: Depression a comorbidity, but current COVID vaccine supply reserved for health frontliners

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 03/26/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday that the quick substitution list (QSL) for COVID-19 vaccination should only include healthcare workers for now, even as it recognized that depression is considered a comorbidity. Health…

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…

COVID Vaccine Watch: 12k healthcare workers in Region 7 receive Sinovac

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of 12,766 healthcare workers in Central Visayas already received the first dose of CoronaVac as of March 13, 2021, or more than a week since the rollout began, the regional health…

60K vaccine doses for Region 7’s healthcare workers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas would need around 60,000 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to vaccinate all of the healthcare workers in the region. But so far, only 24,680 vials of CoronaVac, the COVID-19…

Chan: 10 Lapu-Lapu City hospital frontliners COVID-19 positive

Futch Anthony Inso 02/26/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Ten more frontliners in Lapu-lapu City tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was confirmed by Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan and this time those tested positive are healthcare medical workers from the…

Despite EUA, FDA advises vs using Sinovac on healthcare workers, seniors due to low efficacy

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 02/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted China-based drugmaker Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine an emergency use authorization, it is not recommended to be administered on healthcare workers and senior citizens, who are…

Duterte ends overseas travel ban on healthcare workers — Bello

Reuters 11/21/2020

MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved ending a ban on deploying the nation’s healthcare workers, his labor minister said on Saturday, clearing the way for thousands of nurses to take up jobs overseas. “The president…

Cebu City to release cash incentives for medical frontliners this Oct. 29

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Monday, October 26, announced that they would start releasing the cash incentives they promised to healthcare workers attending to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients here. Labella, in…

Duque: Fewer deaths show outbreak has been managed

Jovic Yee - Inquirer.net 04/23/2020

  Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Wednesday that the fewer deaths in recent days and the longer time for cases to double showed that the new coronavirus outbreak in the country had been managed. Duque,…

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