Health

Avoid Stockpiling Vitamins & Medicines During Quarantine Period, Pharmaceutical Group Says A pharmaceutical group asked the public to avoid stockpiling vitamins and medicines and just buy enough supplies during the lockdown. Over the past few months, the Filipino people are already in fear and panic due to the rampant spread of the coronavirus disease. The […]

DOH Official Says Japanese Anti-Flu Drug For COVID-19 “Very Promising” COVID-19 – The Department of Health undersecretary recently said that the anti-flu treatment from Japan could be a promising treatment for COVID-19. Health undersecretary Eric Domingo said that the Philippine government might consider bringing the said treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 into the nation. […]

Health Department Apologizes For Claiming Some China Test Kits Have Low Accuracy Rate The Department of Health has apologized for claiming that some test kits from China are only 40% accurate and explained that 100k test kits are okay. Last weekend, the Health Department reported that some coronavirus test kits from the Chinese government have […]

Philippine Red Cross Purchases Two COVID-19 Test Machines PHILIPPINE RED CROSS – The Philippine Red Cross recently purchased two laboratory machines that can run COVID-19 tests. According to GMA News, Red Cross chairman and Senator Richard Gordon said that the said two COVID-19 tests may be functional next week. Gordon added that the said machines […]

Medical Experts In India Say 80% Of Corona Infections Recover On Their Own. CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS – According to health experts in India, 80% of patients infected with COVID-19 will develop flu-like symptoms but recovers on their own. It has been previously known that one of the most common symptoms of the new coronavirus is flu-like […]

UPV Students In Iloilo Aid In Making Improvised Face Shields IMPROVISED FACE SHIELDS – UP Visayas (UPV) students who are stranded in Iloilo helped in making improvised face shields. The students, who stayed in their dormitories, made face shields for health workers to use amid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to […]

Diliman Doctors Hospital 67-Year-Old Patient Test Positive for Coronavirus A 67-year-old patient at the Diliman Doctors Hospital has tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 after showing symptoms of the virus. On Sunday evening (March 15, 2020), the Diliman Doctors Hospital confirmed that a male patient admitted to the hospital was infected by the coronavirus. The […]

COVID-19 Vaccines To Begin First Clinical Trial COVID-19 VACCINES – The new coronavirus, COVID-19 affected millions worldwide. The World Health Organization had officially tagged it as a pandemic. As such, experts in the medical field rush to create a solution to this global problem. Luckily, Moderna Therapeutics, a biotech company in Cambridge had mass shipped […]

How Patient #31 Caused 80% Of COVID-19 Infections In South Korea SOUTH KOREA COVID-19 – The world has seen yet another pandemic with governments struggling to contain the virus. However, that was not the case for South Korea when the virus was first detected in the country. South Korea successfully contained the virus up until […]

One Of Eight San Juan COVID-19 Cases In Stable Condition SAN JUAN COVID-19 CASES – One of the eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 in San Juan is now in stable condition, the local mayor said. According to GMA News, local mayor Francis Zamora said in a statement that the patient is now in stable condition […]