Ventilation better than deep-cleaning

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 04/14/2021

People tend to think that science consists of absolute truths that will not change, forgetting that science is in fact self-correcting, using new facts and evidence coming out of research. This has certainly been the case with…

LCP chair to mayors: Be patient, stop cutting vaccine line

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Stop cutting the vaccine line and be patient for one’s turn. This was the statement of League of Cities in the Philippines (LCP) chairperson, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, after at least five…

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,…

3,000 nurses dead, COVID-19 exodus looming: global federation

03/11/2021

GENEVA, Switzerland  – At least 3,000 nurses have been killed by Covid-19, the global nurses’ federation said Thursday, March 11, 2021, as it warned of a looming exodus of health workers traumatized by the pandemic. Exactly one…

Procured 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine arriving March 21 — Galvez

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 03/07/2021

MANILA, Philippines — One million doses of COVID-19 vaccine procured by the government are set to arrive in the Philippines on March 21, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Sunday. Galvez reiterated that the Chinese government has…

Don’t waste the hope of vaccines, warns WHO

Agence France Presse 03/06/2021

GENEVA, Switzerland  – Covax will distribute 14.4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to 31 more countries next week, the WHO said Friday as it warned people not to waste, through complacency, the hope that vaccines bring. The Covax…

WHO: Arrival of vaccines in PH ‘a powerful step’ towards economic recovery, normalcy

Neil Arwin Mercado 03/05/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines is “a powerful step” towards the country’s gradual return of day-to-day activities and economic revival, World Health Organization (WHO) representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe…

Hubris, ineptness, and the vaccine program

Solita Callas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 02/27/2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo showed a lot of balls when he gave Sinovac’s CoronaVac the green light for emergency use authorization (EUA), but with a recommendation that it not be used for…

PH completes Covax requirements

Maricar Cinco - Reporter / @maricarcincoINQ 02/18/2021

The Philippines has signed and submitted to the World Health Organization (WHO)-led Covax facility the required indemnity agreement that will pave the way for the delivery of vaccines against the novel coronavirus. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr., who…

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…

Cebu City COVID-19 situation alarming, daily positivity rate reaches 7%

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The COVID-19 situation in Cebu City is not looking good. After reeling from a rapid rise in new cases on a daily basis, the city is dealt another curveball: a steadily climbing positivity…

‘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…

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