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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Insults, beatings, arrests — health workers battling the coronavirus were subjected to more than 400 acts of violence related to Covid-19 worldwide in 2020, according to a report published Tuesday by a health NGO. The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition unveiled an interactive map that shows 1,172 violent acts and attacks occurred against health workers or facilities last year, “a minimum estimate,” according to the NGO. More than a […]
VMMC director cites studies showing Sinovac can prevent severe COVID-19 disease By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Six of those who received the Sinovac vaccines at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center were sent to the emergency unit of the hospital for observation after experiencing adverse reactions minutes after getting the shots. A 40-year old female employee felt dizzy and developed rashes five minutes after getting the vaccine. Another male utility employee […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines from China will be coming this Sunday, Feb. 28, and that health care workers can be vaccinated if they want to. “I have gotten confirmation that we are getting the Sinovac vaccines on Sunday,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing on Thursday. These 600,000 Sinovac doses that will come on Sunday are all for for free, since these […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Auring” (international name Dujuan) slightly weakened as it began to move northwestward on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 20, but maintained strength afterwards as it remained almost stationary near Surigao del Sur around 10 p.m, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. In its 11 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA said that there is an “increasing likelihood that ‘AURING’ will weaken into a tropical depression before it makes landfall.” This is “due to persistent […]
https://youtu.be/VZR52whAyeE (Eagle News) – Some 116,000 health care workers in Metro Manila have so far registered for the country’s Phase 1 masterlisting of those who will be among the first to receive vaccines against COVID-19. This is just the initial list. More will be added as the registration is still ongoing, said Dr. Nikka Hao of the COVID-19 surveillance and quick action unit. “We are in the process of master listing for group a1 or […]
Unified COVID-19 vaccine registry to include those at risk, vulnerable to virus (Eagle News) — Philippine health care workers will be the first to be immunized against COVID-19 in the country, with the vaccinators also prioritized to be given the vaccine doses so they will be protected while they give the shots to other vulnerable sectors of the community. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the Department of Health is now in the […]
(Eagle News) — Over one million health workers have benefited from the Department of Transportation’s free rides for health workers. The DOTr said of the 1,985,381 who took advantage of the program, 551,601 were from the National Capital Region-Greater Manila area, while 1,433,780 came from other regions. The free rides are also available in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, CAR and CARAGA. On December 29, the […]
https://youtu.be/IGbx9YzlCVo (Eagle News) – Health professionals with existing contracts abroad as of March 8 this year will now be allowed to leave the country to return to their work, Malacanang said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed health workers with existing contracts as of March can leave the country to fulfill their contract. He said that these health professional professionals with overseas employment certificates […]
Joint admin order for immediate cash distribution formulated and signed by DOLE, DOH, DBM after warning, ultimatum from Pres. Duterte (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported that it had already started distributing the “death benefit checks” worth P1 million each to the families of the 32 health care workers who have died due to COVID-19. In a virtual presser on Friday, June 5, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the first […]
(Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday, June 5, said he takes responsibility for the delayed release of compensation to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who died in the line of duty. “While I expressed disappointment towards some members of my team, I acknowledge that this is still my responsibility as SOH (Secretary of Health),” the Health chief said in a Tweet. He said he would make sure […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to form a new team that will be in charge of the compensation due to COVID-19-positive health workers and to the kin of those who die due to the virus. In a briefing aired on Friday, the President said the Health chief should tap “persons of honesty” for this. “P**** i**, dalawang buwan itong lecheng ito. Just imagine two months, tapos ang Secretary ang […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday, June 3, urged Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to grant compensation to health workers infected by the COVID-19 virus and to the families of those who died as stipulated in the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act. In asking Duque to implement section 4, paragraph I of Republic Act 11469 in a letter, Sotto noted “no health worker and his or her family has received their supposed remuneration […]
