Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:14:42 +0000
The Film Development Council of the Philippines and the Department of Health (DOH) have partnered to launch the Healthy Pilipinas Short Film Festival (HPSFF). It will happen June 24, at the Shangri-La Plaza Red Carpet, Ortigas. Online screenings will also follow and will run from June 25 to 26. Healthy Pilipinas is a communication campaign […]
Read moreCredit to Author: John Eric Mendoza| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 04:07:56 +0000
THE Department of Health (DoH) on Wednesday confirmed six new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), bringing the count to 193 from 187. DoH also reported that seven patients have recovered but Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said most of them either have mild symptoms or had no underlying conditions. As of 11 a.m. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Red Mendoza| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:46:56 +0000
AN employee in one of the offices of a building that also houses CNN Philippines tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), forcing the media company to go off the air for at least 24 hours. In a statement posted on its Facebook page, CNN Philippines said the person worked at a nearby office […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 11:46:50 +0000
A doctor indicted by the Department of Justice (DoJ) over his involvement in the distribution of the Dengvaxia vaccine is optimistic that the case will be dismissed due to lack of sufficient evidence. “Alam ko kung ano ang totoo kaya hindi ako natatakot at buong tapang ko itong haharapin (I know the truth that’s why I am not […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:00:22 +0000
THE arrival on Sunday of almost 500 Filipinos aboard the coronavirus-hit M/V Diamond Princess Cruise Ship was reset to “early next week”, the Department of Health (DoH) announced on Saturday. In a statement, DoH said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) “unanimously resolved” to “allow Japanese health authorities to complete the laboratory […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:30:18 +0000
THE number of patients under investigation (PUI) for the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in the country jumped to 382 Tuesday from 314 a day earlier. According to the Department of Health’s (DoH) situation report posted on its website, the confirmed cases remained at three with 2 fatalities. It added that 266 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:19:52 +0000
OVERSEAS Filipinos to be repatriated from Hubei, China will be quarantined at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday. “They will be on quarantine. Because they are coming from the hot zone,” said Health Undersecretary for Public Health Services Team Myrna Cabotaje in a hearing by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Metro Manila Development. The […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:19:52 +0000
OVERSEAS Filipinos to be repatriated from Hubei, China will be quarantined at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Wednesday. “They will be on quarantine. Because they are coming from the hot zone,” said Health Undersecretary for Public Health Services Team Myrna Cabotaje in a hearing by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Metro Manila Development. The […]
Read moreCredit to Author: John Eric Mendoza| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 03:10:47 +0000
HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd confirmed on Sunday that a Chinese man died of the Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019 NCoV-ARD) on Saturday, the country’s first fatality. “This is the first reported death outside China, but bear in mind that this is not a locally acquired case, but in the epicenter of the disease […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Franz Lewin Embudo| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:18:00 +0000
As many as 11 persons in the Philippines suspected of being infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus are “under investigation,” Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said on Saturday. “As of now, we have 10 to 11 [suspected cases], but this is still for verification. They are what we call ‘persons under investigation’,” […]
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