NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 Director Rennan Augustus Oliva has warned the public to refrain from acquiring drugs and medicines for Covid-19 treatment on the black market. Aside from being illegal, resorting to the black market could lead to the purchase of fake drugs. Oliva issued the reminder on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, following […]
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DOH 7, LGUs urged to address other health concerns
A CEBU Provincial Board (PB) member is urging the Department of Health (DOH) Central Visayas to not just focus on its Covid-19 response but also in the implementation of other health programs targeting other illnesses common to the province. In her proposed resolution, PB member Yolanda “Yoly” Daan urged the DOH to also prioritize the […]
Maynilad offers free desludging services to COVID-19 facilities
MAYNILAD Water Services, Inc. has been extending free desludging services to 56 quarantine centers, hospitals, government checkpoints, and other coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) facilities since March last year. The west zone water concessionaire said the COVID-19 facilities that benefited include Sta. Ana Hospital, Tondo Hospital, Quezon Institute, and Cavite City Hospital, as well as several […]
Tax Notes: Clarifying issues on certain VAT-exempt medicines and medical devices used for Covid-19 under the Create Act
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 99-2021 to address some of the issues and concerns of taxpayers about the consolidated list of VAT-exempt products in RMC 81-2021 and the treatment of input VAT on said products prior to or upon the effectivity of its VAT exemption. This exemption is […]
PH ranks 142nd in vaccinations against Covid-19
TWENTY months since coronavirus disease (Covid-19) first emerged in China, it is now affecting over 210 countries and territories with deadly consequences. But global vaccinations are now seeking to blunt its edge. As of Sept. 10, 2021, about 5.66 billion doses of a Covid-19 vaccine have been administered, translating to 41.7 percent of the world […]
DOH 7 reports more Covid-19 recoveries than new cases on Sept. 11
THE Department of Health (DOH) 7 recorded more additional Covid-19 recoveries than new Covid-19 cases in Central Visayas as the region’s total active cases went below the 15,000 mark on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. The DOH 7 logged 583 additional names to its recovery list, with the majority (206) coming from Cebu Province. Cebu City […]
Rimba Raya Distributes Covid-19 Aid Packages in 14 Villages around Seruyan River
Kuala Pembuang, Indonesia, Sep 10, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – On September 7, 2021, based on the government’s Covid-19 distribution map data, Indonesia still has 3.5% of active cases of Covid-19, out of approximately 4 million confirmed cases. The struggle of various levels of society since the beginning of the pandemic case announced […]
Mandaue’s EOC expects rise in cases
THE Mandaue Emergency Operations Center (EOC) anticipates a rise in Covid-19 cases in the next three weeks after the city’s quarantine status was downgraded from modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to general community quarantine (GCQ). Julius Caesar Entise, EOC deputy chief, noted that after quarantine restrictions were eased, people have become more complacent and have […]
Those who missed sked can still get vaxxed
REGISTERED individuals who have missed their vaccination schedules either because of emergency or unexpected scenarios like illness during their schedule need not worry as they can still re-schedule their vaccination. Mary Jean Loreche, Visayas Covid-19 Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) spokesperson, said individuals with concerns like these can either call or check with their local government […]
Malilong: Rising Covid-19 deaths
WHEN the first Covid-19 cases were discovered in Cebu City last year, we seriously considered temporarily relocating to Boljoon, a little over a hundred kilometers south of the city, to ride out the storm. It was safer there, we thought. Our professional commitments, however, held us back. Two family members are medical doctors and they […]
Nalzaro: The high cost of Covid-19 drugs
A dySS Super Radyo Cebu Facebook live streaming listener (Super Radyo dySS 999 khz), Michael Sigue Canada, who works as a nurse in New York, USA but a native of Lawaan 3, Talisay City sent me some newspaper articles regarding the tale of two persons, one an anti-mask advocate and the other an anti-vaccine. Both […]
Service companies likeliest to report COVID cases
COMPANIES in the service industry were the likeliest to report coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases among their staff, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE). Of the 48,413 establishments the Labor department inspected in the year to date, 4,700 companies reported having COVID-19 cases, mostly in the service sector, Labor Assistant Secretary Ma. […]
Covid-19 drugs available at VSMMC thru hospitals
THE government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, said it may sell the anti-inflammatory drug tocilizumab and other investigational drugs being used to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but only through a hospital to hospital arrangement and as long as there is enough supply. Tocilizumab is an intravenous drug for […]
75 of 80 Cebu City brgys log active Covid-19 cases
SEVENTY-FIVE out of 80 barangays in Cebu City have had active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) transmission for the past 10 days or from August 18 to August 27, 2021. The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) record shows that only five barangays in the city have not recorded any Covid-19 case for the past 10 […]
Solon: Fraudulent acts related to vax program to be penalized
Cebu City Councilor Renato Osmeña Jr. has proposed a measure to penalize any fraudulent acts in connection with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination program in Cebu City. Osmeña has filed the proposed ordinance entitled “An Ordinance Penalizing Fraudulent Acts in Connection with Covid-19 Vaccination” before the Cebu City Council on August 25, 2021. The […]
Guidelines for vaccination for 12-17-year-olds out soon
CHILDREN aged 12 to 17 years old who got their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine abroad but have returned or are currently in the Philippines during the schedule of their second dose may be vaccinated here in the country, Visayas Covid-19 Vaccination Operations Center spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche said. “Kung merong dumating man […]
Rural health unit lockdown lifted in 8 days
THE lockdown implemented by the Municipal Government of Asturias affecting its own rural health unit (RHU) proved to be effective in curbing the number of active Covid-19 cases in the town. Asturias Mayor Antonio Pintor told SunStar Cebu that he ordered a lockdown of their RHU after its head nurse got infected with the coronavirus […]
226 Covid deaths in Cebu City in 25 days
A TOTAL of 226 people in Cebu City were reported to have died due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in less than four weeks of August. This was the second time that the City had a high number of Covid-19 deaths. The last time Cebu City had more Covid-19 deaths was in June 2021, […]
Mayor alarmed by 10 Covid-19 deaths in less than 2 months
FROM two last year, deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the southern town of Alcoy have increased to 12, with 10 occurring only in July and August 2021. Alcoy Mayor Michael Angelo Sestoso said he found this alarming. “We have recorded a total of 12 deaths, and this is alarming for us because we […]
Gwen refutes DOH 7 data
CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, said there remained less than 5,000 active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the Province to contradict reports based on official Covid-19 statistics from the Department of Health (DOH 7). As of Aug. 23, she said the Province has recorded a total of 29,197 cases, of […]