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(File image courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government will reopen its two other district hospitals dedicated to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases once the need arises as more new infections are being recorded since the start of the year. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday he believes, although it cannot be confirmed yet, the highly transmissible Omicron variant is already in the province and infecting people very fast. "Right now, we have one Covid-19 hospital. If we need to open again the other two, we will open that...

(File photo) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The city government here will roll out the administration of booster shots to curb the rising Covid-19 cases in the province, provincial health officer Dr. Zenon Ponce said on Monday. Ponce said the rollout of the booster shots will be held at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center on January 11 and 12 with personnel of the government agencies scheduled in the morning and walk-ins in the afternoon. He said recipients should present their issued vaccination cards showing they were fully inoculated at least three months ago. "Paalala ko sa kanila n...

(Photo grabbed from Manila PIO Facebook) MANILA - The bed occupancy rate for Covid-19 patients in Manila significantly dropped to just 13 percent with only 65 occupied beds in the city's six district hospitals as of Dec. 7. The data reflects a 56 percent drop compared to the 23 percent bed occupancy rate with 116 occupied beds on Nov. 7. The city's Covid-19 field hospital in Quirino Grandstand has now only 12 occupied beds or only 3 percent of the 344 available beds, reflecting a 25 percent decrease in its occupancy rate a month ago. Manila's 14 Covid-19 quarantine facilities curre...

MANILA - The Japanese Embassy in Manila on Friday said some medical equipment has been turned over to the Balete Rural Health Unit in Batangas, which aims to scale up its operations. The provision of equipment worth USD98,880 (approximately PHP5.2 million) is part of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) and was approved in 2018. It includes the procurement of an automated blood chemistry analyzer and ultrasound machine. Balete RHU is the town's main public health facility and provides outpatient primary he...

(File photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - Leaders of various religious faiths jointly offered a prayer for healing from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) for Bacolodnons in a virtual gathering streamed live by the city government on Wednesday night. Dubbed "A Solidarity Prayer for Healing from Covid-19", petitions were said asking for healing for those who are sick and for continued protection and safety of the citizens and officials as well as the frontline healthcare workers. In his message, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said it is time for the people of Bacolod to reflec...