Health and Lifestyle
WHO reports new Covid-19 cases in Lebanon, Israel
February 23, 2020, 2:24 pm
MANILA – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday said Lebanon and Israel are two new countries that reported cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a situation report on February 22, the WHO said Lebanon reported one case and Israel reported one case as well. It added that… Read More
Recruitment firms, not PhilHealth, scammed OFWs: Morales
February 20, 2020, 9:07 pm
MANILA -- Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president and chief executive officer Ricardo Morales on Thursday said liaison officers of recruitment agencies issued fake PhilHealth receipts to a number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Morales made the statement in response to… Read More
Discharged PUIs for Covid-19 now 420
February 20, 2020, 4:58 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday reported that the total number of discharged persons under investigation (PUIs) for possible infection of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) went up to 420 from 401 on Wednesday. The PUIs have been allowed to go home after testing negative for… Read More
Bohol guv bats for state-of-the-art provincial hospitals
February 20, 2020, 4:32 pm
CEBU CITY -- Governor Arthur Yap has bared his plan to modernize health services in provincial hospitals and clinics in Bohol by breaking barriers through technology to pave the way for annual medical checkup of all Boholanos. Yap on Wednesday said the provincial government will adopt globally… Read More
DOH: We have enough protective personal equipment, test kits
February 19, 2020, 7:48 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) assured on Wednesday that it has enough stocks of protective personal equipment (PPEs) and test kits to be used by healthcare workers in quarantine facilities and persons under investigation (PUIs) for possible coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-2019)… Read More
DOH to monitor repatriated OFWs even after quarantine period
February 19, 2020, 6:52 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) will continue monitoring the health condition of Filipinos repatriated from Wuhan, China even after they have completed the 14-day quarantine period, a health official said Wednesday. DOH Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, in a press briefing at… Read More
DOH starts locating active polio cases in C. Visayas
February 18, 2020, 6:43 pm
CEBU CITY – With the discovery of poliovirus in water samples from the Butuanon River, which flows from here to Mandaue City, the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas will start locating active cases of polio in the region. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-7 regional director, said the DOH… Read More
DOH lauds signing of EO on medicine price cap
February 18, 2020, 2:05 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday lauded the signing of Executive Order (EO) 104 cutting the retail prices of some 87 high-cost medicines by up to 58 percent. In a press briefing at the DOH main office, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the EO putting a price cap on… Read More
DOH, LGU conduct local rapid response to address polio outbreak
February 17, 2020, 7:26 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The Department of Health-Central Luzon Center for Health Development (DOH-CLCHD), in close coordination with the city government of Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija, is conducting local rapid response to address a polio outbreak. This, after a one-year-old boy from the… Read More
DOH to open more laboratories for PUI specimen testing
February 17, 2020, 5:39 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) will open additional laboratories that can test specimens from persons under investigation (PUIs) for possible coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a Health official said Monday. "Nung nakita na natin 'yung surge sa (When we saw the surge in the) number of… Read More
DOH mulls expansion of polio vaccination campaign
February 17, 2020, 5:36 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) is considering the expansion of polio vaccination drive to other regions following the confirmation of the 17th polio case in the country, a health official said Monday. "We're waiting for the recommendation of our technical advisory group of the World… Read More
DOH reports downtrend in the number of PUIs nationwide
February 17, 2020, 4:29 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported a downtrend in the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) for possible coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-2019). In a press briefing at the DOH main office, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said there are only 171… Read More
WHO urges gov'ts, companies, news orgs to spread Covid-19 facts
February 16, 2020, 2:15 pm
MANILA -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday called on governments, companies, and news organizations to strengthen their efforts in spreading facts about the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to combat fake news about it worldwide. "Work with… Read More
WHO announces Ebola outbreak in DRC still int'l emergency
February 13, 2020, 2:52 pm
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced that the Ebola outbreak which started in August 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at… Read More
WHO renames novel coronavirus to Covid-19
February 12, 2020, 11:18 am
MANILA -- The disease that has caused more than a thousand deaths in China has a new name -- Covid-19. In a press briefing Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the name which he said is focused on the type of virus that caused the disease. "Co" and "Vi" come from… Read More
2019-nCoV transmission in persons with no China travel history
February 11, 2020, 12:26 pm
MANILA -- The World Health Organization has expressed concern about 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 n-CoV ARD) cases recorded in Europe transmitted by persons without travel history to China. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the cases in France and the UK… Read More
Number of PUIs for nCoV rises to 261: DOH
February 10, 2020, 6:22 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported that the number of persons under investigation (PUIs) for possible novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection has gone up to 261. “We are seeing a rapid increase in the transmission rate of the virus globally. In response, DOH has… Read More
Death toll in China’s coronavirus outbreak rises to 909
February 10, 2020, 2:21 pm
BEIJING -- The death toll in China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has risen to 909, the country’s National Health Commission (NHC) said Sunday. Authorities said 40,171 confirmed cases have been reported, while in the last 24 hours, 97 people have died and more than 3,281 new cases have been… Read More
WHO exec says right information is best protection vs. 2019-nCoV
February 9, 2020, 2:20 pm
MANILA -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday reiterated the importance of "facts over fear" about the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China which continues to affect 24 countries worldwide. "People must have access to accurate… Read More
3,419 new cases of 2019-nCoV recorded globally: WHO
February 9, 2020, 1:00 pm
MANILA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday reported 3,419 new cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) acute respiratory disease worldwide. The latest WHO situation report showed that China, where the disease originated in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, has the biggest… Read More
