Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said local governments have the power to pass ordinances that would make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory.
“If they think that...
The Philippines logged on Tuesday 1,409 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the total to 2,806,694, the lowest number of daily cases...
No less than 700 mostly donated GeneXpert machines, capable of detecting the COVID-19 virus in 45 minutes, remain largely untapped in the country’s fight...
More than 1,000 adolescents with comorbidities were vaccinated against COVID-19 Friday as the government began inoculating minors against the respiratory disease.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque...
The Philippines ranks 113rd globally in terms of COVID-19 case fatality rate, according to the October 10 World Health Organization (WHO) rankings by countries,...
Four former health secretaries have rallied behind medical groups calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to lift the ban on Cabinet officials from attending the...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has admitted nearly 500,000 healthcare workers have yet to receive their three months’ worth of meals, accommodation and transport...
The Department of Health (DOH) has already distributed P536.74 million worth of special risk allowance (SRA) to health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Health...
Ensuring a steady supply of the drug tocilizumab, which is used to treat COVID-19 patients, from other countries remains a “challenge,” Vergeire said.
“It is...
