WHO reminds Pinoys: No rapid drop yet in virus cases; stay home

Jovic Yee - Inquirer.net 05/27/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — Even if restrictions on movement are eased in the coming days, the World Health Organization (WHO) advised Filipinos on Tuesday to still stay at home, especially as the Philippines has not seen coronavirus…

PH stops hydroxychloroquine treatment in COVID-19 clinical trials after WHO advice

Daphne Galvez 05/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Hospitals in the country participating in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) solidarity trial will stop administering the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to patients as a treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in compliance with the international…

Coronavirus was not synthesized in a laboratory—WHO’s chief scientist

05/18/2020

WASHINGTON — The Covid-19 coronavirus was not synthesized in a laboratory, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist has said. In an interview with The Straits Times, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, said: “What we do know is that this…

WHO: Lifting lockdown should be gradual

Jovic Yee - Inquirer.net 04/22/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that any plans to ease quarantine restrictions should be carried out gradually to prevent a likely resurgence of infections as President Rodrigo Duterte weighed whether to…

DOH: PH now has over 6,000 people positive for COVID-19 virus

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 04/18/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has recorded 209 more people infected with coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19. This propelled the number of cases in the country to 6,087, the health department said Saturday. As of 4 p.m.,…

Free parking for health workers in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health workers in Cebu City no longer need to worry about parking spaces while they continue to man the front lines in the fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). The Cebu City…

WHO: Avoid taking ibuprofen for COVID-19 symptoms

Agence France Presse 03/19/2020

GENEVA—The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Tuesday that people suffering from the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms avoid taking ibuprofen, after French officials warned that anti-inflammatory drugs could worsen effects of the virus. The warning by…

WHO assessing ‘problems’ with UP’s FDA-approved coronavirus test kit

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 03/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines -The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test kit developed by the University of the Philippines National Institute of Health (UPNIH) is being thorougly assessed and studied by the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure accuracy and address other…

5th confirmed coronavirus case in PH a ‘local transmission,’ says WHO

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 03/06/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s fifth confirmed case of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) involving a 62-year-old Filipino male is already considered as “local transmission,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. Local transmission is defined as…

World ‘not ready,’ WHO exec warns as virus surges in more countries

Agence France Presse 02/27/2020

BEIJING — The new coronavirus epidemic swelled on Wednesday with cases in South Korea surging past 1,000 after deaths soared in Iran and infections appeared in previously untouched countries, prompting dire warnings that the world was not…

Poliovirus in Butuanon River: Health and sanitation issues all rolled into one

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/18/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Rivers played a vital role throughout humanity’s existence.  In history, they were used as indicators where some of the world’s first civilizations flourished. In art and literature, the little streams connecting to them…

Gov’t is ‘on top of the situation’ – Go on nCoV outbreak

Inquirer.net 02/05/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — “Since day one, the whole Duterte administration has said that it has been on top of the situation and is doing everything it can to address the issue,” Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go…

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