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President Duterte has been finally vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine. President Duterte receives the coronavirus vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on May 3, 2021 (Photo: Sen. Go/Facebook) Duterte received his first shot of the coronavirus vaccine in Malacañang on Monday evening, May3. The vaccine was administered by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. The process was broadcast via Facebook Live by his long-time aide Senator Bong Go. The video lasted for 1 minute and 39 seconds. The video, however, was cut before th...

May 03, 2021 DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio cautioned the public on the use of Ivermectin due to its lack of clinical proof as an effective cure against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Duterte-Carpio said in a radio interview that she respects Covid-19 patients who will resort to using Ivermectin, but she urged not to recommend it as it is still not a proven treatment for the disease. "We respect the decision of the people nga mag-resort (that resort) to taking Ivermectin for prophylaxis and sa tan-aw nila makatabang ug makapaayo sa ila kung Covid[-19] positive sila (and if...

May 3, 2021 The Department of Health (DOH) said Monday a total of 284,553 Filipinos have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of May 1, two months after the country began its inoculation program. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, 270,785 were health workers, 3,083 were senior citizens, and 10,685 are persons with comorbidities. Meanwhile, 1,650,318 individuals have received their first dose of either the AstraZeneca or Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. Of this number, 275,924 are persons with comorbidities, 278,183 are senior citizens, and 1,718 are essential workers who w...

April 30, 2021 Due to the continuous outbreak of COVID-19 cases in India, the schedule for the arrival of the vaccine in the Philippines from there has also been affected. “Because of what’s happening in India, they have stopped muna ‘yung kanilang commitments to other countries. Hindi lang tayo ang nagkaroon ng ganiyang issue,” said Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire. On Thursday, India recorded the highest number of deaths in COVID-19 in a single day beating at more than 3,645. There were 379,257 new cases recorded, another record-high. Gravediggers in Mumbai work relentless...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 30, 2021 10:05am The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must investigate reports of “token” prescription during the distribution of ivermectin in Quezon City, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday. Duque was reacting to reports that doctors who joined Representatives Rodante Marcoleta and Mike Defensor’s distribution of ivermectin wrote their prescriptions on a piece of paper and not on a prescription pad. “Kung totoo man yon na nakalagay sa isang tissue or bond paper lang, so part of what the FDA needs to do is investigate su...