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Read more about the article Davao City still unaffected by China ‘mystery disease’ – DOH
Dr. Abdullah B. Dumama Jr., assistant health secretary for Mindanao Cluster, explains that counseling services and information and dissemination campaigns will be conducted before the Department of Health distributes free condoms for junior and senior high school students. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Davao City still unaffected by China ‘mystery disease’ – DOH

Davao City is in heightened alert after the reported emergence of a mystery disease that supposedly originated in China.

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Read more about the article Solon calls on health, port authorities to implement protocols vs the Black Death plague
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Solon calls on health, port authorities to implement protocols vs the Black Death plague

A legislator here on Friday said he will ask health and port officials to implement measures that would ensure the deadly disease from China will not spread to the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Thousands of kids avail of City’s anti-polio vaccine
VACCINATED. Hundreds of children aged five years old and below are given free polio vaccine at the Brgy 5-A gym, Bangkerohan, Davao City on Monday (Oct 14) as the Department of Health (DOH) kicks off the first round of its massive synchronized polio vaccination campaign following the polio outbreak in the Philippines. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)

Thousands of kids avail of City’s anti-polio vaccine

The first round of the City's massive polio vaccination campaign have so far recorded a positive turnout.

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