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Pandemic trash

Text and photos by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 09:26 AM

As COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise, the use of protective personal equipment (PPE) required by both patient and staff, has led to a dramatic increase in the volume of medical waste.  Read more »

Medical masks best, cotton good, bandanas worse: droplet study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 06:42 AM

Health experts have determined that face coverings are a vital tool in reducing the spread of coronavirus -- but little research has been done into how different kinds of masks compare. Read more »

How COVID-19 frontliners are improvising with personal protection equipment amid lack of supply

Updated as of Mar 17 07:00 PM

While private groups are working double time to source proper personal protective equipment, we must give props to good old Pinoy ingenuity that some of our hospital workers are able to make do with creative and efficient substitutes, from garden gloves to plastic raincoats. BY RHIA DIOMAMPO-GRANA Read more »

SRP ng face masks balak taasan ulit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 07:24 PM

Irerekomenda ng Department of Trade and Industry sa Department of Health na taasan ang suggested retail price ng surgical mask, na nakatakdang angkatin ng gobyerno bunsod ng nagkukulang na supply. Read more »

DOH itinaas ang SRP ng surgical mask

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 01:45 AM

Itinaas na ng Department of Health o DOH ang suggested retail price o SRP ng surgical mask. Read more »

Med supplies store sa Maynila ni-raid dahil sa 'overpricing, hoarding' ng face mask

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 07:41 PM

Desperado na ang marami na makabili ng face mask. Read more »

PANOORIN: Wastong pagsuot ng face mask para iwas-mikrobyo, sakit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 01:32 PM

Ngayong nakaalerto ang mga awtoridad sa banta ng 2019 Novel Coronavirus, ipinapayo nila ang pagsuot ng mga mask para maiwasan ang sakit.  Read more »

DOH: Wearing N95 face masks in Metro Manila unnecessary

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 04:07 PM

Residents living near the volcano are the ones who should wear N95 respirators as ashfall in these places are dangerous to one’s wellbeing, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Laxamana told reporters in Malacañang.   Read more »

Diaper, bra puwedeng gamiting alternatibong face mask: Health official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 04:05 PM

Puwedeng gamitin ang diaper at bra bilang alternatibo sa face mask na magsisilbing proteksiyon sa volcanic ash na ibinubuga ng bulkang Taal, ayon sa opisyal ng Department of Health. Read more »