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PNP Chief offers police camps as vaccination sites for minors

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar is offering police camps and other facilities for the vaccination of the 12-17 years old population, particularly children and other minor dependents of the personnel of the police organization.

DOH: RITM won’t be abolished with creation of PH virology institute

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergerie clarified on Saturday (Sept. 18) that the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) will not be abolished in light of the creation of a national virology institute.

PH economic adviser: Save airline sector to help start tourism recovery

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Secretary Joey Concepcion on Saturday (Sept. 18) expressed concern for the aviation industry as companies ask for increased mobility among vaccinated Filipinos in terms of tourism.

Camiguin to implement ‘No-Movement Saturday’

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The province of Camiguin will implement "No Movement Day" every Saturday as a response to prevent further COVID-19 transmission.

DOH-13 Caraga steps up contact tracing drive with Delta cases surging

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) 13 (Caraga) said on Friday (Sept. 17) that it is conducting rigorous identification and contact tracing activities as cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Delta variant as well as other variants of concern continue to increase in the region.

DOH: Shelf life requirements for test kits not disregarded

The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday (Sept. 18) clarified that it did not disregard the six-month shelf life of SARS-CoV-2 real-time RT-PCR test kits procured through the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM).

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