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MANILA, Philippines — Cases of pertussis in the country have surpassed 1,000 this year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday as government vaccine supplies for the respiratory illness dwindle.
MANILA, Philippines — A shortage of pertussis or whooping cough vaccines is expected next month and an order for additional doses will be placed, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
LAGUNA – Santa Rosa City in this province has been placed under a state of calamity after it recorded 15 cases of pertussis.
Amid the persistent high pertussis or whooping cough cases, which have already totaled 862 as of March 23, Senator Win Gatchalian urged local government units (LGUs) to assist the Department of Health (DOH) in rolling out catch-up vaccinations.
MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday met with Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa to discuss the city’s response to the outbreak of pertussis or “whooping cough.”
MANILA, Philippines — Unauthorized vaccines against bird flu and African swine fever (ASF) are reportedly being smuggled into the country in tumblers and plastic glasses concealed in travel luggage from Vietnam and nearby countries, according to the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI).
MANILA, Philippines — Eighty-nine cases of human rabies have been recorded in the country.
MANILA, Philippines — At least 232,890 children aged six months to nine years in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have been vaccinated against measles, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday.