UPDATES ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)


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Updates on COVID-19 Vaccines

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Date Time Update
March 21, 2021 2:30 PM

DOH issues Press Release: DOH: Circulating COVID-19 Vaccination Law IRR not final
The Department of Health (DOH) was made aware of the circulation of an unofficial draft DOH Administrative Order outlining some selected sections of the draft Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11525 or the COVID-19 Vaccination Law...
March 20, 2021 5:00 PM

DOH issues Press Release: PH records highest cases in a day; DOH renews call for public to stay home for Holy week
With the Philippines recording 7,999 cases—the highest recorded single day case count—the Department of Health (DOH), together with the rest of the government, call on the public anew to suspend non-essential travel and ensure strict adherence to minimum public health standards (MPHS) across ALL settings...
March 20, 2021 1:00 PM

DOH issues Press Release: DOH biosurveillance detects additional B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.3 variant cases
Among the eleventh batch of specimens subjected to Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), the Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) have detected 46 additional B.1.1.7 variant cases, 62 additional B.1.351 variant cases, and six (6) additional P.3 variant cases. These additional cases were among the 150 samples composed mostly of samples from National Capital Region laboratories. Information of cases with these variants are being investigated and verified...
March 18, 2021

Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 103
March 17, 2021 3:00 PM

DOH issues Press Release: DOH, FDA: Serious adverse event not caused by the vaccine; no reason to suspend vaccination
On 15 March 2021, a death was reported in an individual who had received the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequently tested positive for COVID 19. In response, the regional and national AEFI committees were activated to conduct a thorough investigation of the case. Upon completion of the investigation following the 2019 WHO AEFI causality assessment methodology, the NAEFIC and RAEFIC concluded that the cause of the death was caused by COVID-19 itself, not by the COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines cannot cause COVID-19...
March 13, 2021 5:00 PM

DOH issues Press Release: DOH, NTF: Vaccination pace expected to soar once vaccine supplies arrive
The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF) today assured the public that the current pace of the COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers is expected to rise exponentially once bulk of the government-procured doses, as well as those from the COVAX Facility arrive by mid-second quarter of this year...

 

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