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Expert backs DOH: Mask wearing should remain voluntary

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Posted at Apr 19 12:59 PM

An infectious disease expert supports the Department of Health's stand on the voluntary use of face mask despite an increase in COVID-19 cases. Read more »

Filipinos urged: Get 2nd booster to maintain COVID immunity wall

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Posted at Apr 13 04:43 PM

An infectious disease expert on Thursday urged Filipinos to get the second COVID-19 booster as immunity against the virus wanes over time. Read more »

COVID-19: 'Worst of BA.4 and BA.5 wave in PH over'

Pia Gutierrez and Wena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 02:09 PM

'We already passed the worst of the BA5 and BA4,' Dr. Rontgene Solante said Thursday. Read more »

End of COVID-19 pandemic not yet in sight for PH, says expert

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 19 06:00 PM

The end of COVID-19 pandemic is not yet in sight for the Philippines, an infectious diseases specialist said Monday. Read more »

Move to lift mask mandates 'premature': ex-gov't adviser

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Updated as of Sep 08 10:50 AM

Government’s move to recommend the lifting of face mask mandates is ''premature,''one of its former advisers said Thursday. Read more »

Expert allays worries over removal of jab requirement in colleges

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 05:56 PM

An infectious disease expert on Tuesday allayed concerns over CHED's decision to remove the vaccine requirement for in-person classes. Read more »

Lockdown vs monkeypox? That's overacting, expert says

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Updated as of Aug 29 06:18 PM

An infectious diseases expert dismissed calls for a lockdown amid the presence of monkeypox in the country. Read more »

The importance of getting boosted now and the prospects for a second booster

Dr. Rontgene Solante
Updated as of Jun 23 05:04 AM

How do booster doses work? Read more »

Expert: Transmission of bird flu between humans 'very rare'

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Updated as of Apr 28 12:18 PM

China on Tuesday reported its first known human case of the H3N8 strain of bird flu from a 4-year-old boy living in central Henan province. Read more »

Get booster amid omicron BA.2.12 threat: expert

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Updated as of Apr 28 09:13 AM

An expert warned that slow booster uptake could drive a fresh surge of COVID cases in the country amid the threat of a new sub-lineage of omicron. Read more »

Expert warns vs 'more transmissible' omicron XE variant

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 05 03:12 PM

A new variant of COVID-19 first detected in the UK appears to be more transmissible than omicron, an infectious disease expert said. Read more »

'Bagong COVID variants posible kung marami di pa bakunado'

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Posted at Feb 01 10:43 AM

Nagbabala ang isang eksperto na may posibilidad na may susulpot pang variant of concern kung marami ang hindi pa bakunado laban sa COVID-19. Read more »

Use of COVID-19 booster shots not yet recommended: expert

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Updated as of Jul 13 09:19 AM

The government's vaccine expert panel does not recommend yet the use of COVID-19 booster shots in a bid to increase protection against the disease, one of its members said Tuesday. Read more »

Vaccinated Indonesian health workers who got COVID19 had high exposure to virus- expert

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Updated as of Jun 18 02:29 PM

Hundreds of medical workers in Indonesia may have caught COVID-19 despite being vaccinated because they have higher risk of exposure to the disease due to their occupation, a health expert said Friday. Read more »

No need for 'timeout' yet despite COVID-19 surge, says doctors' group

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 09:56 PM

Despite the spike in the number of admissions for COVID-19, hospitals today are better able to manage the cases compared to August last year when health workers asked for a "timeout," officials of the Philippine College of Physicians said.  Read more »

San Lazaro Hospital braces for COVID-19 spike amid new variant

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Updated as of Jan 15 09:00 AM

San Lazaro Hospital is preparing for a possible surge of COVID-19 infections after a new, more contagious coronavirus variant has been detected in the Philippines. Read more »

Expert vouches for safety of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine

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Posted at Jan 12 01:49 PM

A health expert on Tuesday vouched for the safety of an experimental vaccine developed by Chinese drug maker Sinovac should it be approved for emergency use in the Philippines. Read more »