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Vax hesitancy drops to 10%

Hesitancy of Filipinos in getting vaccinated against COVID-19 has gone down to 10 percent, Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega said Sunday. “At the...

Vax hesitancy still at 10-15%–DOH

A Department of Health official said Sunday only between 10 and 15 percent of some 110 million Filipinos were hesitant to get inoculated against...

OCTA lowers surge estimate at 30,000 a day from DOH’s 43,000

The Philippines hit over 20,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the third straight day on Sunday, as an independent research group warned that confirmed...

PhilHealth under pressure, vows 60% payment to hospital claims

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Laptop deal worth P700k also on hold

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‘Upsurge only tip of iceberg’

The recent increase in COVID-19 cases might only be the tip of the iceberg as the country's capability to detect the more transmissible Delta...

Helping hand

Philippine General Hospital director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi (second from left) and Health Usec. Leopoldo Vega (second from right) receive a P1 million check from...

Bicol demand for ICU beds at critical level; NCR low risk–DOH, OCTA

Intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the Bicol region are filling up fast even as their usage in Metro Manila has declined, treatment czar and...

Face shields lifted outdoors

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Vax rollout way off target

Only about 2 million people out of the Philippines' 109.48 million population have been fully inoculated against COVID-19, almost three months after the national...

Shortage of nurses feared amid delays in pay, perks

The hazard pay and special risk allowance (SRA) for health workers from January to June 2021 are still being processed by the Department of...

Real tribute

During Saturday’s Independence Day celebration in Malolos City, President Rodrigo Duterte said the government would construct a monument—the “Wall of Heroes”—at the Libingan ng...

‘Mindanao cases alarming’

COVID-19 cases in Mindanao have accounted for 25 percent of all new infections in the last week, the Department of Health said Sunday, as...

Working adults get priority

Working adults 40 years old and above who belong to the A4 category, will get priority in the government's COVID-19 immunization program, Health Undersecretary...
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