Safe Toys for Kids advocate BAN Toxics warns the public over the continuous selling of water beads toys. The colorful crystal beads are made of superabsorbent
A final meeting
CLINICAL MATTERS
As I write this column, we are gearing up for the final meeting of the Interagency Taskforce (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases under the Duterte administration. This will be the 169th meeting of the body and the last one for the present government. The IATF wi
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire will soon lead the National Covid-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC), the state health agency announced on Wednesday, June 22. In a statement, the DOH said that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire MANILA - Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire will head the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) as the government transitions to a new administration. In an online media forum, Vergeire confirmed that she was assigned to replace NVOC chair Myrna Cabotaje. The NVOC is mandated to ensure the proper storage, inventory and delivery of Covid-19 vaccines and develop appropriate guidelines for the national vaccination program against Covid-19. "Pero siyempre po kapag pumasok 'yung bagong administrasyon maaari pa rin ho magbago 'yan. Pero sa ngayon po na naibigay sa atin 'yung assignment, of course, unang-una gusto ho natin pasalamatan si (That could still change when the new administration takes over. But for now, that assignment was given to me, of course, first of all I would like to thank) Usec. Myrna, under of course, the leadership of Secretary Duque, for all her efforts and excellent way of leading our Natio