Senate Blue Ribbon Committee questions Galvez, Vergeire on COVID vaccines purchases

RETIRED ARMY General and National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. was questioned by Senator Jinggoy Estrada during a recent Blue Ribbon Committee inquiry on the non-disclosure or refusal of the Department of Health (DOH) to release the details of the vaccine procurement contracts on the pretext of a supposedly existing Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

State of public health emergency stays

THE GOVERNMENT is considering prolonging the country’s state of public health emergency until the end of this year in an effort to further contain the spread of the deadly Covid-19 respiratory disease and to be able to continue receiving international medical aid.

Philippines now Covid-19 low risk

THE NATIONAL government has declared that the country is now at low-risk classification for Covid-19 infections citing data from the Department of Health.

Zambo Covid cases going down

THE NUMBER of active Covid-19 cases in Zamboanga City is now steadily decreasing and is expected to further go down to under 1,000 as more people are recovering from the deadly respiratory disease.

Expand Covid vaccination program to manage pandemic

THE NATIONAL government needs to ramp up its Covid-19 vaccination program, health officials said, adding expanding the inoculation coverage will be immensely critical in managing the pandemic and reopening the economy.

Zambo Covid cases breach 1,000 mark, hospital wards full

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The number of active Covid-19 cases here has breached the 1,000 mark with a record high of 177 cases in just one day as government hospitals are now full of patients, including doctors who contracted the deadly respiratory disease from non-Covid wards. 

DOH: Presyo sa RT-PCR test sa nasod, ubsan

POSIBLENG UBSAN ang price cap sa RT-PCR test aron daghang katawhan ang mahimong maka-akses.

Face mask cuts risk of Covid infection

AMID reports of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, which is the causative agent of Covid-19, being airborne, the Department of Health (DOH) stressed the importance of wearing a face mask as part of the prescribed minimum health standards to ensure utmost protection from the deadly virus.

DOH cautions public vs. non-prescribed use of dexamethasone

THE DEPARTMENT of Health has cautioned the public against the unregulated use of a steroid that researchers in England claimed can improve Covid-19 survival among certain patients.