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COVID response up to new government—DOH

The Department of Health (DOH) is keeping its guard up against COVID-19 by endorsing its pandemic responses to its different concerned bureaus to "institutionalize”...

DOH: Dengue cases this year ‘manageable’

Dengue cases in the country remain manageable, the Department of Health (DOH) assured Friday. “Yes… the cases are manageable,” Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said during...

DOH pushes for hiked inoculation of elderly, Muslims in Bangsamoro

Government needs to ramp up vaccination of the elderly, of which 70 percent are fully vaccinated and 68 percent have received an initial dose,...

Government eyes company clinics as vax sites to ramp up inoculation drive

Health officials plan to tap the clinics of private companies as additional COVID-19 vaccination sites. At present, the country has about 7,400 active vaccination sites,...

168k kids age 5-11 enlist for jabs, children with health risks as well

The upcoming vaccination against COVID-19 for children aged 5 to 11 years old has 168,355 registrants as of Saturday, the Department of Health announced...

DOH aims to cut 12 million jab shortage

The government is 12 million short of meeting its target of 54 million Filipinos fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by year's end, Health Undersecretary Myrna...

Vaccine drive for kids below 12 years set next year

The Philippines is planning to expand next year its pediatric COVID-19 vaccination to include children below 12 years old, a health official said Wednesday. Health...

Fire destroys 150k doses of vaccines

Close to 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were destroyed in a fire that engulfed the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Health Office in Pagadian City,...

37k kids with comorbidities vaccinated too

A total of 37,964 minors with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 have already been inoculated against COVID-19, the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) said...

35% of vax targets hit in 8 months

More than 27 million people across the country have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the government said on Tuesday, eight months since the inoculation...

Young kids below 12 yrs. to take only 1/3 vax dose

The Department of Health will be studying the vaccination of young children below 12 years old against COVID-19 now that it has started the...

Dentists added as vaccinators for kids, seniors

The government is planning to hire more vaccinators—including dentists—as the country gets ready to inoculate minors aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19, the Department...

Jabs for 12-17: DOH needs parents’ consent

The government could start vaccinating minors aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19 by October, a Health official said Sunday. In an interview with radio dzBB,...

Seniors’ household members next

Household members of senior citizens could be included in the priority sector for the country's inoculation program against COVID-19 as authorities scramble to find...
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