IATF commits to visit Cebu, study its COVID response

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID or IATF) has pledged to visit and study Cebu’s response towards COVID-19 soon.  The House of Representatives’ Committee on…

Lapu-Lapu: Free rides to Pfizer vaccination sites

Futch Anthony Inso 05/20/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government is willing to provide transportation to its residents, who wish to be vaccinated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, Pfizer BioNTech. Currently, the Department of Health (DOH)-7 has only…

DOH-7 to public: No more intrigues, back our COVID programs instead

Futch Anthony Inso 04/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas  (DOH-7) has appealed to the public not to spread intrigues but to support the agency’s programs, specifically its efforts against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Dr. Mary…

Hospitals urged to fast-track vaccination drive — DOH-7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hospitals in Central Visayas are encouraged to fast-track not only their respective inoculation schedules but also the submission of data related to them. This after the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7)…

DOH-7 verifying if health worker, who died of COVID-19 after vaccination, is from Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Thursday, March 18, said they were checking if the health worker who died due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after recently receiving a vaccine…

DOH-7 recommends tri-cities to continue with RT-PCR test requirements

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has recommended that the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu maintain the requirement of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for travelers. In a text message…

More asymptomatic patients in hospitals prompt DOH-7’s call for more ‘hotel-isolation’ rooms

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/22/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is pushing for more hotels here to house asymptomatic patients if it means preventing the hospitals from being overwhelmed by patients. DOH-7 on Monday,…

SARS-CoV2 mutations in Cebu? Call it variant of concern, not PH variant, for now — DOH

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 02/19/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The two unknown mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 detected in Cebu should be referred to as “variant of concern” instead of “PH COVID-19 variant”, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. Dr.…

2 unknown mutations of SARS-CoV-2 found in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Scientists in the country have discovered the presence of at least two mutations of SARS-CoV-2, which could explain the continued increase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu.  Dr. Mary Jean…

Asymptomatic patients make up 92% of COVID-19 cases in Cebu City 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Even as the critical care utilization rates of hospitals in Metro Cebu gradually increase, health officials here assure that this is not an alarming development.  The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7)…

DOH apologizes to Cebu over conflict in address of UK Covid-19 variant patient

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 02/08/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) apologized on Monday to Cebu residents for earlier announcing that a UK Covid-19 variant patient was from Liloan even though he did not stay in the town prior to…

DOH: Covid-19 variant patient from Cebu was staying in Parañaque

Catherine Gonzales 02/08/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The 35-year-old man originally from Liloan, Cebu who tested positive for the Covid-19 variant was staying in Parañaque City since November until the time he went through a swab test, the Department of Health…

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