European health officials warned that the new, highly mutated Pirola coronavirus variant is circulating on the continent and may be behind an uptick in Covid-19 cases.
WITH the opening of classes today, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) called for immediate and collective actions for the learning recovery of the Filipino youth, especially those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday renewed its call to the public to get vaccinated and boosted to further strengthen the wall of immunity and to remain protected against Covid-19 after two more cases of EG.5 subvariant of Omicron were logged based on the latest DOH bio-surveillance report reflecting genome sequencing results from from July 26 to August 1.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported a total of 2,510 Covid-19 cases from July 3 to July 9, lower by 9 percent as compared to the previous week.
With new cases of infections still being recorded daily by health authorities, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. urged Filipinos to update their Covid-19 vaccination.
Registration requirements and high vaccine demand abroad hinder government attempts to secure more Covid-19 vaccines, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
The Department of Health (DOH) said that local transmission of the Covid-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 is “highly likely” after three more cases were detected in the country with “no linkages to international cases or no known history of exposure.”
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Sunday said the decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to lift its Covid-19 global health emergency declaration will pave the way for more Philippines economic activities.
The Department of Health (DOH) will convene the members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to discuss and reassess policies after the World Health Organization (WHO) lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Covid-19.
The Department of Health (DOH) will convene the members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to discuss and reassess policies after the World Health Organization (WHO) lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Covid-19.
THE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has implemented a “no face mask, no entry” policy at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) and Correctional Institution for Women starting Thursday following a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases among inmates.
The government is now eyeing to ramp up the government’s Covid-19 vaccination drive amid recent reports of rising virus cases.
The Philippines has detected its first case of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday.
THE President’s economic team does not consider the rise in Covid-19 cases a threat to the country’s recovery and believes that a lockdown is not imminent.
THE Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday clarified that the 26 provinces and cities under Alert Level 2 were not escalated from Alert Level 1 for April 16 to 30, 2023, contrary to news reports.
Vietnam’s commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City is ordering the return of mask-wearing at school campuses amid a rise in Covid infections, the city’s education department said in a post on its web site.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported a total of 2,386 new Covid-19 cases from April 10 to April 16.
On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines.
The Department of Health (DOH) logged 1,101 Covid-19 cases from February 6 to February 12, higher by 9 percent as compared to the previous week.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday confirmed the detection of the first CH.1.1 and XBB.1.5 cases in the country.
A total of 1,012 Covid-19 cases were reported from January 30 to February 5, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday.
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno has assured the public that the government has sufficient resources to provide booster shots to Filipinos and even procure bivalent vaccines in the future.
China said its Covid-related death toll topped more than 12,600 in the week before the Lunar New Year holiday, while a top health official suggested more than 1.1 billion people had been infected since virus controls were abruptly dismantled late last year.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported 3,127 Covid-19 cases from January 2 to January 8, lower by 9 percent as compared to the previous week.
The Philippine government is on top of the situation to ensure the safety of Filipinos in China amid the reported surge in Covid-19 infections in one of the world’s most populous nations, Philippine Ambassador to China Jaime Florcruz said.
Eight unvaccinated Filipino travelers who arrived in the Philippines from China from December 27, 2022 to January 2, 2023 have tested positive for Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Wednesday.
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) believes the current entry protocols of the Philippines are enough to address any concerns on the arrival of Chinese tourists. The same view was shared by the Department of Health (DOH) despite the continuing spread of Covid infections in mainland China, citing the high rate of vaccination among Filipinos.
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