Restrictions stay even with pandemic end: Dept of Health
“Even if The public health emergency will be lifted, we know that the virus is here to stay”, Vergeire said, “So the Philippines will continue to be cautious."
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Covid-19 Omicron XBB, XBC variants reach Philippines
81 cases of XBB and 193 cases of XBC have been detected across the country, despite no cases were detected last week.
Philippine health department stresses fossil fuel impact on public health
According to a spokesperson, the Philippines has been seeing the rise of respiratory illnesses due to air pollution, of which fossil fuel is a major contributor.
Philippines health workers’ benefits still unpaid
More than half of health-care workers in public and private facilities across the country have yet to receive the full amount of the One COVID-19 Allowance granted to them.
US to work with Philippines in resolving rights issues: Blinken
US State Secretary Antony Blinken made the remark in an online press briefing with Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo after the US official met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
1.5 million of Philippines Covid-19 jabs expiring end of July
Only three segments of the population are currently eligible to get second boosters: medical front-liners, seniors, and the immunocompromised.
‘Silent epidemic:’ Risk of fatty liver disease rising among Filipinos
On one side of the room, the gym owner's wife runs the town’s only café.
‘No kiss, no touch’: Philippines Department Of Health reminds icon adorers
After reopening at full capacity, fully vaccinated adults are allowed to join indoor and outdoor religious activities around churches this Easter but must not touch the religious…
Philippines donating ‘excess’ Covid-19 vaccines to Myanmar, Papua New Guinea
The vaccines to be donated are the Sputnik V developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, with an extended shelf life up to July 2022 from the original expiry of April 2022.
The Covid-19 pandemic’s untold toll on pregnant women
Based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 1,975 women died due to maternal causes in 2020, up from 1,458 in 2019.