Hotline for TB cases launched
A support group here in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) XI will be launching their hotline for Dabawenyos to cater concerns on Tuberculosis (TB) and other related diseases.
FACT CHECK: DOH never released bulletin about ‘upper respiratory infection’ in China
The DOH in a statement posted online said they had not posted any such statement.
A nurse administers the Coronavac shot to a soldier at the Phil. Army’s 4th Infantry Division headquarters in Barangay Patag, Cagayan de Oro on March 5, 2021. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
COVID-19 vaccine jabs start in Mindanao this week
Vaccine jabs have begun in Mindanao with the arrival of the vaccines for COVID-19 on March 5 in different cities in the island.
Photo Courtesy of the Department of Health Davao Region
DOH conducts ‘aggressive community testing’ on 3,400 persons in Davao Region
Health officials of Davao conducted a four-day aggressive community testing (ACT) that swabbed 3,430 persons in Davao City, parts of Davao del Norte, and Davao del Sur that are classified high-risk areas for coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
Davao City’s rising COVID-19 cases ‘not in alarming stage’, says health official
Despite the cases of COVID-19 transmission now reaching 1,605 active cases, Davao City’s COVID-19 Focal Person says this is “still not in the alarming stage”.