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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health officials in Cebu on Sunday, May 31, denied reports of a breakdown of a machine used to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in swab samples. The Department…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A one-month infant from a southern Cebu town, who was earlier confirmed to have the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), passed away on Friday dawn, May 22. Argao Mayor Allan Sesaldo announced in an…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City now has 18 new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases after another case was recorded in Sitio Ilang-ilang, Barangay Isidro. Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas said in his Facebook page that the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) maintains that it will follow “prioritization protocols” in testing their patients for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite a recommendation from the Philippines Obstetrical and Gynecological…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Municipality of Carmen in northern Cebu announced the confirmation of its first case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. In an official statement, Carmen Mayor Carlo Villamor said the victim is…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has encouraged residents in Cebu province, especially expectant mothers or to-be moms, to first consider going to the provincial hospitals to give birth or seek medical treatment before proceeding to…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Every medical technologist has been taught to be prepared to face a pandemic. Nobody is actually prepared for it to happen. This was the statement of 25-year-old John Marc Abarquez, a medical technologist…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas appeals to the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) to release the result of their first set of swab samples. On his Facebook page, Gullas…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ten medical personnel from the Department of Health (DOH) in Eastern Visayas underwent a 3-day COVID-19 proficiency training at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) and DOH-7 COVID Laboratory. The training was…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Three more health workers in Cebu have been afflicted with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), data from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH – 7) show. “We now have three health workers…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 67-year-old lola from Lapu-Lapu City became the first-ever patient of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to recover from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Elizabeth Taghoy, who is fondly called as…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Central Visayas increased from three to 346 within a month and a few days. In a tally made by Cebu Daily News, the growth…
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