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Holidays may spike COVID at 5k daily

Daily COVID-19 infections may reach up to 5,000 in January due to the current holiday activities, an infectious diseases expert said on Friday. Dr. Rontgene...

Expert warns of hand-foot-mouth disease outbreak

There will be a declaration of an outbreak of the hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) if more regions in the country see an...

COVID strains keep state of health crisis

The state of public health emergency has not yet been lifted since COVID-19 variants are still a threat, infectious diseases expert Dr. Rontgene Solante...

Optional mask use indoors get mixed reactions

Health professionals and lawmakers split Wednesday over the government’s decision to make the wearing of face masks voluntary even indoors, amid warnings that this...

US leader believes pandemic over, but local expert says not in PH yet

US President Joe Biden said in a television interview aired Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is over. With COVID restrictions largely...

Expert supports call to redefine ‘full vaccination’

An infectious disease expert supported the Department of Health’s (DOH) revival of the proposal to redefine the term “full vaccination” against COVID-19. In an interview on...

‘Dual infection’ of monkeypox, COVID raised

An infectious disease expert warned on Thursday that COVID-19 and monkeypox could hit a person at the same time. Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of the...

Let visitors know monkeypox risk in PH, expert says

Telling travelers headed to the Philippines they could be infected with monkeypox in the country is more important than keeping them from entering it,...

Entry of toxic variant likely

Solante: It’s a matter of time before Omicron BA.2.75 reaches our shores It is only a matter of time before the highly transmissible COVID-19 Omicron...

Monkeypox, dengue loom over PH

Immunocompromised persons, children, pregnant women, and the elderly are at high risk of contracting monkeypox, a health expert said Tuesday. But the overall risk of...

Solante: Time to scrap crisis status of COVID

It is “high time” to remove the emergency tag on COVID-19, infectious disease expert Dr. Rontgene Solante said Wednesday, noting the “sustained” low number...

Face masks still a must under Level 0

Face masks should still be worn even under “Alert Level 0,” the new alert level status being studied by the government amid the improving...

Health expert sees no more strain as Delta

An infectious disease and health expert said Sunday there could be no more variant as “devastating” as the more contagious Delta strain.Dr. Rontgene Solante,...

‘Killjoy’ advice: Avoid Christmas parties as new strain lurks

An infectious disease expert on Wednesday cautioned the public against attending parties and gatherings over the holidays as information about the Omicron variant of...
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