May 03, 2021 DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio cautioned the public on the use of Ivermectin due to its lack of clinical proof as an effective cure against coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Duterte-Carpio said in a radio interview that she respects Covid-19 patients who will resort to using Ivermectin, but she urged not to recommend it as it is still not a proven treatment for the disease. We respect the decision of the people nga mag-resort (that resort) to taking Ivermectin for prophylaxis and sa tan-aw nila makatabang ug makapaayo sa ila kung Covid[-19] positive sila (and if they think it will help and treat them from Covid-19). But we request nga dili nila i-endorse or ireseta ang produkto sa ilahang mga kaila, [ug] pamilya (not to endorse or prescribe this protect to their friends, and family), the mayor said on Monday, May 3, in an interview on 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio.
May 3, 2021
The Department of Health (DOH) said Monday a total of 284,553 Filipinos have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of May 1, two months after the country began its inoculation program.
According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, 270,785 were health workers, 3,083 were senior citizens, and 10,685 are persons with comorbidities.
Meanwhile, 1,650,318 individuals have received their first dose of either the AstraZeneca or Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.
Of this number, 275,924 are persons with comorbidities, 278,183 are senior citizens, and 1,718 are essential workers who were inoculated during a Labor Day ceremony on May 1.
“There were 1,094,493 frontline healthcare workers in the Philippines or 70.9% of the more than 1.5 million masterlisted [for] priority group A1 population had been vaccinated as of May 1,” Vergeire added.
April 30, 2021
Due to the continuous outbreak of COVID-19 cases in India, the schedule for the arrival of the vaccine in the Philippines from there has also been affected.
“Because of what’s happening in India, they have stopped muna ‘yung kanilang commitments to other countries. Hindi lang tayo ang nagkaroon ng ganiyang issue,” said Health Spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire.
On Thursday, India recorded the highest number of deaths in COVID-19 in a single day beating at more than 3,645.
There were 379,257 new cases recorded, another record-high.
Gravediggers in Mumbai work relentlessly to bury those who died due to COVID-19.
In vacant lots and parking lots, other corpses are cremated because the crematoriums are still full.
By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published April 30, 2021 10:05am The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must investigate reports of “token” prescription during the distribution of ivermectin in Quezon City, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday. Duque was reacting to reports that doctors who joined Representatives Rodante Marcoleta and Mike Defensor’s distribution of ivermectin wrote their prescriptions on a piece of paper and not on a prescription pad. “Kung totoo man yon na nakalagay sa isang tissue or bond paper lang, so part of what the FDA needs to do is investigate such reports. The accountability is clear it is the doctor who prescribed it who will answer for his action,” Duque said in an ANC interview.
DOH seeks PRC probe on invalid ivermectin prescriptions in QC event
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 30) The Health Department on Friday said it will ask the Professional Regulation Commission to probe the reported release of invalid prescriptions for ivermectin during a recent distribution event in Quezon City.
In a statement, the DOH said it will endorse reports to the PRC to investigate their veracity and to impose sanctions as deemed necessary against concerned parties.
The Food and Drug Administration said it will also review issues surrounding Thursday s so-called ivermectin pantry, where Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor and SAGIP Rep. Rodante Marcoleta gave away free capsules of the antiparisitic drug to residents.