Napapansin natin na in some of the areas na nakikitaan natin ng pagtaas, nakita din natin ang pagtaas ng numero ng variants na meron diyan, Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire says.
DOH says amended vaccine EUA possible to cover minors, but older age groups remain priority
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 26) While COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers may seek regulatory approval for their products’ use on minors, a health official stressed doses are still limited in the country and the older, more vulnerable groups remain the primary concern.
Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday explained firms can apply for an amended emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to cover children and teenagers.
Even so, the older population, which she noted has a heavier burden of disease, would still have to be immunized first before moving on to young children.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 12) The Department of Health is now looking into the health status of the close contacts on board the plane of two Filipino seafarers who contracted the double mutant B.1.617.2 COVID-19 variant first found in India.
Health Undersecretary and Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire told CNN Philippines on Wednesday that the DOH is now checking the swab test results of at least 32 close contacts of the two seafarers.
Vergeire said there were at least six identified passengers who were seated near the 37-year-old seafarer who returned from Oman last April 10. Meanwhile the 58-year-old seafarer from the United Arab Emirates who arrived in the Philippines on April 19 had at least 26 close contacts inside the plane.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 8) – Eight people exhibited minor adverse affects from the Sputnik V vaccine but they were immediately addressed, the Department of Health said on Saturday.
Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire said the reported side effects wee body ache, injection site pain, rashes, back ache, headache, dizziness, and high blood pressure.
“All of these (cases) were managed and were treated after,” Vergeire said during the Laging Handa public briefing.
The vaccines from Russia s Gamaleya Institute arrived on May 1 after logistical delays.
The initial 15,000 doses were divided among the cities of Manila, Makati, Taguig, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa and were administered to health care workers and those with comorbidities.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 3) The daily COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila is seen to drop from an average of 3,144 to 2,800 starting next week, the OCTA Research Group reported on Monday.
OCTA Research Fellow Ranjit Rye told CNN Philippines
The Source that COVID-19 cases will start to fall just below 3,000 by May 9 to May 15 for the capital region alone if the reproduction number stabilizes between 0.8 to 0.9 amid the prolonged modified enhanced community quarantine. Our projection tells us that if we work together, we will get something like 2,800 cases from May 9 to 15, Rye said, citing OCTA s Sunday report. I would like to emphasize, that will go down slowly from now on because we are opening up a significant portion of the economy.