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4 tinanggal sa bilang ng mga healthcare worker na namatay sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 03:08 AM

Apat sa 35 na unang inulat ng Department of Health (DOH) na bilang ng mga namatay na mga healthcare worker (HCW) sa bansa noong nakaraang araw dahil sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ang inalis sa listahan. Read more »

UK health care workers begin COVID-19 hydroxychloroquine trial

Kylie MacLellan, Reuters
Posted at May 21 06:20 PM

The "COPCOV" study will involve more than 40,000 frontline health care workers from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America to determine if chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are effective in preventing the novel coronavirus. Read more »

Some 10,000 Iranian health workers infected with coronavirus - state media

Reuters
Updated as of May 21 06:32 PM

Health services are stretched thin in Iran, the Middle East country hardest hit by the respiratory pandemic, with 7,249 deaths and a total of 129,341 infections. Read more »

Afghan doctors protest over unpaid salaries amid coronavirus outbreak

Storay Karimi, Reuters
Posted at May 19 11:27 PM

More than 200 doctors and medical staff took part in protests in the western Afghan city of Herat on Tuesday, saying they had not been paid for 3 months while risking their lives to treat coronavirus patients.   Read more »

Why is infection rate of healthcare workers in PH high? Survey shows answers

Bettina Magsaysay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 02:30 AM

Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Philippines, more than 1,800 health workers in the Philippines have contracted the illness. At least 34 have died. Read more »

Pope praises nurses' role in fighting coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:55 PM

Pope Francis praised the work of nurses around the world, saying the coronavirus crisis had shown how vital their service is. Read more »

Health care workers patuloy na nakararanas ng diskriminasyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 07:37 PM

Nakararanas pa rin ng diskriminasyon ang ilang doktor at iba pang health care workers kaya may matindi silang pakiusap sa publiko.  Read more »

PH doctors, nurses, health workers with COVID-19 rise to 1,101

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 05:26 PM

MANILA - The number of Filipino health care workers infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has risen to 1,101, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday. Read more »

Health workers in Philippines catching COVID-19 'worrisome': WHO official

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 01:30 PM

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called attention to the “worrisome” trend of more health care workers getting infected with the new coronavirus in the Philippines compared to the rest of the Western Pacific region.   Read more »

Ex-health chief wants 'reserve medical corps' for health emergencies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 12:44 AM

A former chief of the Department of Health (DOH) suggests on having a reserve corps of medical professionals to respond to health emergencies such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

Volunteer nurses told to sign waiver clearing DOH if they contract COVID-19, nurses' group says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 08:25 AM

"With volunteer, they do not have employer relationship. In fact, they are asked to sign a waiver wherein in case they are contracting the disease COVID-19, then the DOH has no responsibility over them. This is why we want them to be hired, hired with security of tenure," Abenojar added. Read more »

Health workers na may kontrata abroad puwede nang umalis ng Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 01:18 PM

Puwede na ulit makaalis ng bansa ang mga Filipino health care workers na may kontrata para makapagtrabaho sa ibang bansa.   Read more »

'Hindi ko sinisisi': Duterte says he can't stop Filipino nurses from working abroad

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 04:14 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday admitted he cannot stop nurses and other healthcare workers from leaving the country to work abroad as the demand for them increases worldwide due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

Locsin says nurses with existing contract abroad may now leave

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 10:51 PM

Nurses and other health workers with existing work contracts abroad can now leave the Philippines, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Read more »

Health workers' right to travel 'takes backseat' to COVID-19 emergency: POEA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 09:35 PM

The right to travel "takes a backseat" to public welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government agency that suspended the overseas deployment of health workers said Monday. Read more »

UST Hospital workers ask for COVID-19 quarantine leave credits

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 02:18 PM

A union of workers at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital appealed to its management to pay the salary of employees who were unable to report to work due to the coronavirus disease without using existing leave credits.  Read more »

Due to lack of protective equipment, health workers resort to grocery bags, helmets for protection

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 09:07 PM

Medical workers in the Philippines have resorted to using plastic bags, helmets and other materials to improvise personal protective equipment amid a supply shortage while responding to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Read more »

Duterte warns against discrimination, harassment of health workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 10:35 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday warned against violence and discrimination of healthcare workers amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

DOH: Health workers with mild symptoms now included in COVID-19 tests

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 10:42 PM

Frontline health workers who are experiencing mild symptoms will now be tested for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. Read more »

'Napakasuwerte ninyo': Duterte honors doctors, healthcare workers who died of COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 01:49 AM

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday honored healthcare workers who died while fighting the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »