More than 3,200 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organization as part of the current outbreak. There is need for intensified surveillance in the broader community, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday, adding that cases in non-endemic countries were still predominantly among men who have sex with […]
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Gullas pulls out half of health personnel from vaccination sites
Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas Jr. has ordered the Talisay City Health Office to reassign some health personnel at the city’s Covid-19 vaccination centers to the barangays to help with dengue prevention activities.Talisay City has recorded a 535 percent increase in the number of dengue cases so far this year compared to the […]
Search and destroy on in Cebu, Lapu as dengue-hit brgys named
THE Lapu-Lapu City Health Office has intensified its clean-up drives and misting in the top 10 barangays with the biggest number of dengue cases in the city, as they had accounted for 67 percent of the city’s cases so far, an official said Monday, June 13, 2022.City Health Officer Dr. Agnes Cecile Realiza told SunStar […]
Carillo: Cebu City Hall to pay for checkups of poor residents showing dengue symptoms
THE Cebu City Government will shoulder the medical bills of individuals who cannot afford to pay for checkups as recorded dengue cases in the city in the first five months of 2022 have already breached the 1,000 mark.Gerardo Carillo, chairman of the Cebu City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (CCDRRMC), told SunStar Cebu Sunday, […]
11 Cebu City barangays ‘at risk’ for dengue infection
HEALTH officials in Cebu City urged the barangay captains to be proactive in preventing dengue fever now that the number of dengue cases and deaths continues to increase.Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, the Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) head, said from January 1, 2022 to June 3, 2022, the number of dengue cases in the city reached […]
Cebu, Mandaue cities on high alert for dengue
LOCAL officials in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue are set to deploy their resources now that dengue cases in both areas are on the rise.In Cebu City, officials of the City Health Department (CHD) are set to use all of their available resources to quell the dengue threat from their barangays.Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, CHD […]
31 dead as dengue cases top 3,000 in Central Visayas
THIRTY-ONE people have died in Central Visayas after dengue cases breached the 3,000 mark in just over four months this year.From January to May 7 this year, the number of dengue cases reached 3,177, with Cebu City accounting for the highest number of cases at 708 or 22.3 percent of cases, according to the Regional […]
Cebu logs few crime incidents from March 25 to May 10
POLICE recorded only 150 crime incidents in Cebu Province from March 25 to May 10, 2022.This was a 76.5 percent decrease from 639 cases recorded in the same period in 2019 and 73.3 percent decrease from 563 cases in 2016.Local candidates’ campaign period started last March 25 and it ended on May 7. The Election […]
EOC: No lockdown in Cebu after election
COUNCILOR Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), has dismissed rumors that a lockdown will be imposed after the May 9, 2022 elections.In a press conference Friday, May 6, Garganera said people peddling this fake information are only creating unnecessary anxiety among the public.“For the past weeks, we have been hearing […]
EOC: Covid case surge unlikely after elections
A CITY Hall official is confident that cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Cebu City will remain low after the May 9, 2022 elections.Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said Monday, May 2, that the possibility of another surge after the elections is remote.Garganera added that more than […]
2 criminal cases vs. LTO 7 chief now with Visayas Ombudsman
THE Office of the Ombudsman has directed its counterparts in the Visayas to address the cases filed by motorcycle dealers against Land Transportation Office Central Visayas (LTO 7) Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec.The two complaints were endorsed to the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas after Mandaue City prosecutors denied Caindec’s motion to reconsider their decision to dismiss […]
‘Slight increase’ in Covid-19 cases felt in Alert Level 1 areas, says Duque
THE Department of Health (DOH) has recorded a slight increase in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in 14 areas that have been placed under Alert Level 1, the lowest quarantine classification in the country.In his report during President Rodrigo Duterte’s Talk to the People Address Monday, April 18, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III reiterated the government’s […]
DOH: Covid-19 surge by May ‘very possible’ if public continues to ignore protocols
ACTIVE coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases may increase by as many as 300,000 by the middle of May if compliance with the minimum public health standards (MPHS) continues to decline.Based on the projections of the Department of Health (DOH), active Covid-19 cases may see a new wave if health protocols continue to be disregarded by the […]
WHO says it is analyzing two new Omicron COVID subvariants
THE World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it is tracking a few dozen cases of two new subvariants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the coronavirus to assess whether they are more infectious or dangerous. It has added BA.4 and BA.5, sister variants of the original BA.1 Omicron variant, to its list for […]
Only 16 barangays in Mandaue have active Covid-19 cases
ONLY 16 barangays in Mandaue City remain to have active Covid-19 cases as of March 21, 2022.These include barangays Banilad, Basak, Cabancalan, Cambaro, Canduman, Casili, Cubacub, Ibabao-Estancia, Jagobiao, Maguikay, Mantuyong, Pakn-a-an, Subangdaku, Tabok, Tipolo, and Umapad.Dr. Ligaya Lakambini Dargantes, head of the city’s Vaccination Operations Center (VOC), however, could not yet disclose the data per […]
Anti-graft office drops four cases vs. Chan
THE Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has dismissed four complaints filed last October 2019 against Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan.In a press conference Thursday, March 17, 2022, Chan presented the four resolutions promulgated by the anti-graft office that dissolved the charges filed against him.The mayor said he only received the copies of the resolutions on […]
DoH posts 870 new COVID infections, 144 more deaths
THE PHILIPPINES posted 870 coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total to 3.67 million. The death toll hit 57,023 after 144 more patients died, while recoveries rose by 1,433 to 3.56 million, the Department of Health (DoH) said in a bulletin. It said 3.9% of 24,543 samples from March 4 tested positive for coronavirus disease […]
Philippines posts 1,427 cases, lowest this year
THE PHILIPPINES reported 1,427 coronavirus infections on Monday, the lowest count this year and the third straight day the tally fell below 2,000. This brought the total to 3.65 million, while the death toll hit 55,763 after 79 more patients died, the Department of Health (DoH) said in a bulletin. Recoveries rose by 3,269 to […]
Cebu’s Covid surge peaked in January
THE surge in cases in Cebu fueled by the Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid-19), has peaked, according to a regional health official.Th…
Online child abuse up by 265% in PH
CASES of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (Osaec) in the Philippines increased by 265 percent with 220,000 new cases since the start of the restrictions caused by C…