[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country is now 138,948 after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 8,920 new infections as of Thursday, April 1. DOH’s COVID-19 bulletin showed 205 patients recovered, bringing total recoveries to 603,948. Meanwhile, six new deaths brought the …
Read More »Robredo asks DOH again: if the hospitals are not full, why are COVID-19 patients lining up?
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo has cast doubt on the claim that hospitals can still cope with the influx of COVID-19 patients: So why do people have to make reservations or queue outside hospitals? to wait for available spaces? Robredo repeated in a Facebook post on Wednesday …
Read More »Jon Jones, ‘extremely underpaid’, won’t fight Francis Ngannou for $ 8 million, but Derek Lewis will
[ad_1] Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who vacated the 205-pound title to try his luck in the heavyweight division, was first in line to challenge newly crowned 265-pound kingpin Francis Ngannou, who killed Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 last weekend in Las Vegas. But as …
Read More »‘Procurement of vaccines from the private sector must follow the priority list’
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The priority list for COVID-19 inoculation should be maintained even if the private sector is allowed to import vaccines, a Department of Health (DOH) adviser said Tuesday night. In an interview with “The Chiefs” on Cignal TV’s One News and TV5, Dr. Anna Ong-Lim, a member …
Read More »PH reports 6,128 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in more than a week
[ad_1] A woman reacts when a healthcare worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine at the San Juan City Arena on March 30, 2021. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News Active cases exceed 130,000 for the first time MANILA – The Philippines reported 6,128 additional cases on Wednesday, bringing the country’s cumulative total to …
Read More »Binay cautions against COVID-19 antigen test amid surge as it may miss asymptomatic cases
[ad_1] Health workers wait at an outdoor antigen testing center in Cubao, Quezon City, on November 10, 2020. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News / Archive MANILA (TO UPDATE) – Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday urged the national government to review its decision to use rapid antigen test kits in an effort …
Read More »A hospital command center under ‘a lot of tension’ due to the increase in COVID-19
[ad_1] (FILE) TAKING A medical worker on duty at a hospital in the city of Mandaluyong. – CHILD JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines – The government’s One Hospital Command Center is currently facing “a lot of stress” due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, with nearly 400 calls …
Read More »‘We need a time out’: OCTA Research supports 1-week ECQ extension on NCR Plus
[ad_1] A police officer checks passing vehicles and pedestrians at a checkpoint bordering San Mateo in Rizal and Batasan Hills in Quezon City on March 29, 2021, as “NCR Plus” has been under enhanced community quarantine since March 29 to April 4. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News MANILA – A public …
Read More »The government will test up to 90,000 people
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The national government has finally decided to offer COVID-19 testing to more people for free as the country battles its “most challenging wave yet,” according to an official in charge of the pandemic response. Vivencio Dizon, deputy implementer of the National COVID-19 Task Force, said the …
Read More »Lawmakers Urge FDA To Conduct Ivermectin Study
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 31) – Several lawmakers lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to take the initiative to conduct a clinical study on ivermectin, as regulators maintain that it has not received any requests to approve the drug. Anakalusugan representative Mike Defensor said Tuesday that the FDA …
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