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DOH's Vergeire wants COVID vax sites in schools

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 11:31 AM

DOH OIC Maria Rosario Vergeire on Friday said she wants COVID-19 vaccination sites in schools to boost the government's COVID prevention program. Read more »

'COVID referral system receives more than 1,000 calls daily'

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 03:08 PM

The Philippine COVID-19 referral system receives 'more than 1,120' calls per day as virus infections increased beginning end of last month. Read more »

'Not P5000': Nurses decry meager special risk allowance

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 11:30 AM

No nurse has received P5,000 as a special risk allowance (SRA) for working during the COVID-19 pandemic, the leader of a nurses group said Wednesday. Read more »

UP-PGH healthworkers slam DOH, demand immediate release of hazard pay

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 06:30 PM

Health workers from the PGH led by the All U.P. Workers Union-Manila hold a die-in protest in front of the hospital in Manila on Thursday. Read more »

'Some benefits for health workers slashed by 70 pct'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 07:29 PM

Some benefits for health workers under the ‘Bayanihan 2’ were slashed by 70 percent to fund the country’s vaccination drive, a group said. Read more »

Group discourages health workers' mass resignation

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 12:45 PM

The Philippine Nurses Association said Sunday it does not encourage health workers' plan to commit mass resignations but cannot blame them should they do so as COVID-19 cases rise across the country. Read more »

Ilocos Norte healthworkers seek timeout as Delta case reported in region

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 09:16 AM

Healthworkers in Ilocos Norte are calling for a timeout by seeking tighter restrictions on people's mobility as COVID-19 cases rise in the province and a Delta virus patient was detected.   Read more »

Tacloban mayor gets COVID-19 jab; Palace says DILG to investigate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 10:22 PM

MANILA - The mayor of Tacloban City is the first local chief executive to receive a dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine, government media said Tuesday, despite a policy that the limited jabs should be reserved for health workers.  Read more »

PH hospitals seek 'reinforcement' as COVID-19 cases surge

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 08:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - A group of hospitals on Monday sought "reinforcement" from government as medical facilities in Metro Manila have been overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 cases. Read more »

Vaccines lessen nurses' fears but 'no antidote' to tiredness as COVID-19 cases surge: group

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 10:12 AM

Nurses' fear of contracting COVID-19 is lessened by the vaccine but there is "no antidote" to being tired as virus cases surged nationwide, a group said Sunday. Read more »

More than 400 acts of violence against COVID health workers in 2020: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 04:25 PM

Insults, beatings, arrests -- health workers battling the coronavirus were subjected to more than 400 acts of violence related to COVID-19 worldwide in 2020, according to a report published Tuesday by a health NGO.   Read more »

Philippines begins COVID-19 vaccination drive

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 04:39 PM

The Philippines began Monday its immunization program against COVID-19, with healthworkers getting the first jabs of China's Sinovac vaccine.  Read more »

70 porsyento ng healthworkers sa Marikina, handang tumanggap ng bakuna ng Sinovac

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 09:11 AM

Nasa 70 porsyento ng healthcare workers sa Marikina City ang handang tumanggap ng COVID-19 vaccine ng Sinovac mula China, ayon sa alkalde nito ngayong Linggo. Read more »

UK sent 'positive' response on PH request for pre-deployment COVID-19 vaccination of nurses: Bello

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 10:58 AM

MANILA - The United Kingdom has sent a "positive" response to the Philippines on its request for health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their deployment there, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday.   Read more »

Some health workers still yet to receive hazard pay, benefits: group

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 10:58 AM

Some Filipino healthworkers have yet to receive their hazard pay and other benefits for battling COVID-19 in the frontlines, a group of nurses said Thursday. Read more »

Can frontliners choose their COVID-19 vaccine? Officials weigh in

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 10:31 AM

The Philippine government will ensure the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines that will enter the country, the Department of Health said Thursday when asked whether frontliners can choose which vaccine will be injected to them. Read more »

Vicente Sotto Memorial closes operating rooms after 18 staff contract COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 07:22 AM

A public hospital in Cebu City said it would close its operating rooms for elective surgeries until Wednesday for disinfection after 18 of its healthworkers tested positive for coronavirus. Read more »

'Hope': Burned out health workers buoyed by vaccine

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 12:23 PM

As an anesthesiologist in a slammed emergency department, Raymond Pla has to handle COVID patients' ventilators, one of the riskiest jobs in the pandemic.   Read more »

House panel OKs tax discount for healthworkers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 03:34 PM

The House Ways and Means Committee on Monday approved a bill that would give healthworkers a 25 percent discount on their personal income tax and greenlighted proposals to exempt their hazard pay from taxes. Read more »

Hospital staff 'truly exhausted,' says Texas doctor in viral hug photo

Mark Felix and Sarah Titterton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 06 11:42 AM

The hug was a candid moment of empathy. And Dr. Joseph Varon's wave to Gloria Garcia's family is enthusiastic.   Read more »