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"As in puno na siya, full. All the rooms are occupied. Walang nurses. So you cannot just put in people when you cannot take care of them," Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases-Negros Occidental chapter president Dr. Rommela Tiples-Ruiz said.
Published May 31, 2021, 2:40 PM
Seeking to actively take part in the government’s vaccination program, the Department of Education (DepEd) is expected to issue a memorandum that will lay down the guidelines on how the education frontliners nationwide “can effectively engage” and help out in the drive to address vaccination hesitancy among the Filipinos.
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This was disclosed by DepEd Task Force COVID-19 (DTFC) Chairperson and Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del Pascua during a town hall meeting on government’s inoculation program for school health personnel held on May 18.
“Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones will soon issue a memorandum that will provide details as to how our personnel can effectively engage for the implementation of the vaccination program,” he said, disclosing the DepEd’s plan to “further heighten” the country’s vaccination campaign.
Published May 19, 2021, 3:12 PM
Five hundred additional vials of Tocilizumab, an experimental drug used to treat COVID-19, purchased by the city government of Manila have been delivered to the city on Tuesday.
Manila City Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso and Vice Mayor Ma. Sheilah ‘Honey’ Lacuna-Pangan show the additional vials of Tocilizumab that arrived in Manila on Tuesday, May 18. (MANILA CITY PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The vials will be offered for free to patients admitted to public and private hospitals in Manila, and the city’s six district hospitals, whether they are residents or not of the capital city. Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said he wants to help as many people as possible in the fight against COVID-19. He and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan inspected the additional vials of Tocilizumab that were delivered on Tuesday.
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May 14, 2021 | 8:00 pm
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