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WHILE spikes in the number of influenza-like illnesses coincide with colder months, and Covid cases are seen to increase further, hospitalization and mortality rates will remain very low, Dr. Rontgene Solante, president of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), said on Tuesday.
MANILA - While President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has yet to name his Department of Health (DOH) Secretary, Malacanang on Monday said the government will maintain the status quo. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles made this remark following questions on whether Marcos will keep the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). The IATF was formed by the late former President Benigno Aquino III and utilized by his successor, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, to craft policies about the coronavirus pandemic that struck the country in early 2020. "Sa ngayon kasi (At present) what we're doing is everything is status quo. So we will also have to wait for the next secretary of Health to make a policy recommendation on that," Cruz-Angeles said. Asked why it is taking time for Marcos to name his Health chief, Cruz-Angeles said the President is still evaluating the candidates "very well" and "fully." "
(Screengrab) MANILA - The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAPi) is coordinating with the Department of Health on the denied application for claims of some healthcare workers. Earlier, the Private Hospital Workers Alliance of the Philippines said 63,772 healthcare workers did not receive their benefits provided under Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan 2 law. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the delay in the distribution of the benefits was due to the "lapses in the application forms". In a televised public briefing Tuesday, PHAPi president Dr. Jose de Grano said proper documentation for the release of the special risk allowance might have been the problem, noting that most of the private healthcare workers have received a part of their benefits. "Pero 'yung susunod po na para sa mga healthcare workers ay hinihintay na po namin 'yung sunod na ilalabas ng Department of Health (DOH) nakapag-submit na po halos ang mga different hos