UPDATES ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)


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Updates on COVID-19 Vaccines

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Date Time Update
April 08, 2021

Further Clarification on the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for COVID-19 Vaccines and Additional Guidelines for Sinovac Implementation
April 08, 2021 2:00 PM

DOH, FDA Temporarily Suspend ASTRAZENECA Vaccination for Persons Below 60, Assure Safety and Validity of Vaccines
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday adopted the recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to temporarily suspend the use of AstraZeneca vaccines for individuals aged below 60 years old, following recent reports of rare cases of blood clots with low platelets detected in some individuals inoculated with the vaccine...
April 08, 2021 11:40 AM

DOH Redeploys Doctors, Nurses to Augment NCR Hospitals, Wwelcomes HCWs Heeding the Call
To augment the need for more healthcare workers in the National Capital Region, the Department of Health (DOH) is redeploying a total of 136 doctors and nurses from other regions in the country to 7 DOH hospitals, 2 specialty hospitals and 1 regional hospital in Metro Manila. The redeployed healthcare workers will be assigned in NCR to provide additional support for COVID-19 Response...
April 08, 2021 10:00 AM

DOH: Active Transport Users not required to use Face Shields
With increasing reports of cyclists and other active transport users being arrested for not wearing face shields, the Department of Health (DOH) reiterates that active transport users are NOT required to  use face shields due to its potential safety risks when used during active transport...
April 07, 2021 5:00 PM

DOH, FDA Gree-Light CORONAVAC for Senior Citizens
Caption: The Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday allowed the use of CoronaVac for senior citizens, provided there is stringent evaluation of the person’s health status and exposure risk...
April 07, 2021 2:00 PM

Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter support DOH’s #ChecktheFAQs campaign to fight vaccine misinformation
MANILA, Philippines, April 7, 2021—The Department of Health (DOH) today launched the #ChecktheFAQs campaign to emphasize the importance of accurate information in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage the public to fact-check information that they come across. The campaign was launched together with various tech companies—Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter—jointly pledging their support to the initiative in line with their respective missions to help fight COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation online...

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