EXPLAINER: Who are exempted from getting Covid-19 vaccines?

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher/Writer / @CeBacligINQ 02/08/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The national government has announced that it is already prepared for the expected rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in the country this month. The government has also recently approved and ratified its plan for mass…

Positivity rate in Cebu City reaches 9.95%

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of patients proving positive per batch of tested individuals have increased significantly in Cebu City.  The positivity rate as of February 5, 2021 has reached 9.95 percent, which is almost double…

Addressing issues of the heart

Vaughn Alviar 01/30/2021

“To love others you must first love yourself.” There are several ways to interpret the saying, but a practical explanation is that one must live to love. While the figurative “issues of the heart” are a common…

‘Too early to declare community transmission of Covid variant in PH’

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 01/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — There is not enough evidence so far of  a local transmission of the Covid-19 variant, health authorities pointed out Saturday. During an online press briefing, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) director Dr. Celia Carlos…

WHO says fabric facemasks still work against virus variants

Agence France Presse 01/23/2021

GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization said Friday it had no plans to change its guidance recommending fabric facemasks as new coronavirus variants spread, because the mutated strains are transmitted in the same way. Germany and…

Global COVID-19 death toll passes two million

Agence France Presse 01/16/2021

PARIS, France – The global death toll from COVID-19 passed two million on Friday, with the World Health Organization (WHO) urging mass vaccinations as the pandemic progresses at a record rate. As of 1825 GMT on Friday,…

Heart disease in PH worst in Southeast Asia – WHO

Jovic Yee 12/13/2020

In the last 20 years, heart disease has remained the leading cause of death in the world and is still “killing more people than ever before,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its 2019 Global Health…

Here are some easy things to keep you moving and active

Immae Lachica 11/29/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—With the pandemic overpowering the year 2020, a lot of us have strayed away from getting into physical activities even in our homes or in our community. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),…

Pandemic or not, people must stay active: WHO

11/26/2020

Geneva, Switzerland—The coronavirus pandemic is no excuse for not getting enough exercise, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, November 25, 2020, warning that even before the crisis, many were getting too little physical activity. In an update…

WHO advises against remdesivir for coronavirus treatment

11/20/2020

Paris, France—The anti-viral drug remdesivir should not be used to treat Covid-19 patients no matter how severe their illness as it has “no important effect” on survival chances, the World Health Organization said Friday, November 20, 2020.…

Trust in vaccines vital to halting pandemic–WHO

Agence France Presse 11/15/2020

As the world celebrates advances in vaccines against the novel coronavirus, a top WHO expert warned in an interview with AFP that public distrust risked rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the pandemic. “A vaccine…

COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end—WHO

Reuters 10/07/2020

GENEVA— A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, addressing the end of a two-day meeting of its…

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