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But the elderly and the immuno-compromised encouraged to still wear face masks outdoors (Eagle News) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has given his “verbal approval” to make the wearing of face masks outdoors optional or voluntary in non-crowded well-ventilated outdoor areas. This was upon the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force which studied the current situation, and saw that the mandatory or compulsory wearing of face masks outdoors was no longer applicable at […]
Current alert level system to stay in place until then, says Pres. Marcos Jr (Eagle News) – The Philippines would be implementing a new system of classification for Covid-19 restrictions by mid-August, Malacanang said on Tuesday, July 19. From now until then, the current Covid-19 Alert Level System remains in place, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said. Marcos also announced that the new level of classifying Covid restrictions in the country would be “decoupled” or […]
(Eagle News) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has designated Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire as officer-in-charge of the Department of Health (DOH). The decision was made as the President is still in the process of choosing who would be the next DOH Secretary. Following the announcement by Palace press secretary Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles, the health department immediately issued a statement thanking President Marcos Jr., for designating Vergeire as the DOH’s OIC. “The DOH appreciates […]
(Eagle News) – Ten more cases of the two more transmissible Omicron variant sub-lineages have been detected recently, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Tuesday, June 7. There were seven more BA2.12.1 cases and three BA.5 cases in the latest sequencing run of 190 samples, where 114 are Omicron cases. “Among the 114 new Omicron cases, additional emerging Omicron sublineages were detected: BA.2.12.1 – 7 cases; BA.5 – 3 cases,” the DOH said. […]
Reminds public to follow health protocols amid summer break, election season (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned that there could be another Covid-19 surge in the country after the summer holidays and the campaign sorties where people could forget following the minimum health protocols. Duterte observed that crowding in political gatherings, and even in religious gatherings are a cause for worry, and another surge is always a possibility. “We have so many crowds […]
Over 12.2 million Filipinos have received booster shots as of April 5 (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) urged the public to get booster shots against Covid-19 amid the threat of another Covid-19 variant, Omicron XE, that has been detected in Thailand. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that getting boosted against Covid would greatly help prevent from contracting the disease, even the new variant Omicrom XE. “Bagama’t naririnig po natin ang […]
(Eagle News) – The third wave of the national vaccination, dubbed Bayanihan Bakunahan, will be extended until February 18, the Department of Health said. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that so far in the last two days of national vaccination, from February 10 to 11, around 1.3 million had been vaccinated. The numbers are still far from the target of five million individuals that the Philippine government seeks to vaccinate in this third […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported three more Omicron deaths, bringing the total deaths due to this highly infectious variant to five. Health Undersecretary and Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the three new Covid fatalities related to the Omicron variant were senior citizens with comorbidities. In a message to reporters, the DOH official said that of the five fatalities, one was unvaccinated, another one was partially vaccinated, while the vaccination status […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases could peak by middle of February when the number of active cases could even double, according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. While there has been a slight slowing down in the doubling time of cases — from 2.2 days to four days — this does not mean that the cases have already peaked. “Nakikita po natin base sa mga projections po ng ating mga eksperto at saka iyong […]
Omicron characteristics noted in Metro Manila, other regions with high cases (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila and in other regions recently is “characteristic” of the Omicron variant. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that in the country’s capital, the National Capital Region, there is already a confirmed local transmission of the Omicron variant although the genome sequencing results from the latest […]
Community transmission of Delta cases noted as it becomes dominant variant in PHL (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that COVID-19 cases could still peak by mid-September based on the rates monitored on the virus infections this August. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the department is also recommending the use of granular lockdowns, instead of regional lockdowns as a strategy to curb the increase and transmission of the Delta […]
But DOH Usec Vergeire says adult priority groups to first be given Pfizer doses (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) welcomed the decision of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the emergency use authorization given to Pfizer vaccine so it could be given to 12 to 15 years old. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the Pfizer vaccines could be given to adolescents or teenagers once more vaccine supplies […]
