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Wishing for some semblance of the ‘old normal’? Well, here’s some good news for you: the current Alert Level 2 being imposed in Metro Manila may deescalate even further. The Department of Health (DOH) said this is possible if the country’s COVID-19 infections decrease to 500 per day. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said the […]

Come to think of it, has anyone ever reached out to you for contact tracing through the mobile app? Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III admitted that the benefits of StaySafe, the mobile application officially implemented for contact tracing in over 200,000 establishments and around 700 local government units, is “very limited” and has “almost […]

The health department also chided media outlets that let individuals “use their platforms to spread baseless information that stand to harm Filipinos.” On Thursday, both the Department of Health (DOH) and the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines Manila (UPCM) released statements denouncing medical professionals who have been spreading false information about […]