Health

At least 1,500 minors vaccinated for Covid

A total of 1,509 children age 12 to 17 years old have been vaccinated against the coronavirus as of October 16, a health official...

Covid cases seen decreasing to 5,000 daily by end October

An official of the research group monitoring the Covid-19 pandemic sees the number of daily virus cases possibly dropping to 5,000 to 6,000 by...

PH receives 720k doses of Russia’s Covid vaccine

The Philippines received 720,000 doses of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday, the biggest delivery so far by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute. The latest...

DOH logs more recoveries vs new cases

The Department of Health (DOH) logged 10,237 recoveries from Covid-19 on Sunday, which is more than the 6,913 new cases. The latest recovery count pushed...

Covid vaccine doses delivered to PH hits 91 million

The Philippines has already received 91.339 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from various sources, of the total, 51.985 million doses have been administered nationwide,...

USAID, DOH launches first mental health app in PH

In celebration of National Mental Health Week, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) launched Lusog-Isip...

Covid alert level in NCR lowered to ‘3’

The Covid-19 alert level status in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be downgraded to Alert Level 3 from Alert Level 4 starting October...

DOH logs almost 3 times more recoveries from Covid vs new cases

The Department of Health (DOH) logged almost three times as much recoveries compared to new cases on Tuesday, or 25,146 recoveries versus 8,615 new...

Covid task force urges LGUs to step up vaccination drive

The National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) on Monday urged local government units (LGU) to step up their respective vaccination drives so the country...