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For at least the second time, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is airborne. This lacks context.
The World Health Organization (WHO) presented on Oct. 15 “conclusive” findings in the interim results of its Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, six months after starting a worldwide search for an effective treatment drug for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Drawing flak in mid-August for improperly wearing his face mask in public, thereby violating health protocols to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), lawyer Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon, in a Facebook (FB) video, justified his actions with false and misleading claims.
While the Philippines continues to grapple with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), news about a new viral mutation that is said to be “globally dominant” and “more infectious” than the original have recently made the headlines.
In his latest public address on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte again wrongly claimed that vaccines are made from the human body.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s wish that, by December, the Philippines will be COVID 19-free with the help of Russia’s novel coronavirus vaccine may be delayed.
Contradicting his spokesman’s explanation, President Rodrigo Duterte said he was “not joking” when he wrongly claimed that gasoline can be used as an alternative to alcohol to disinfect one’s mask or hands.
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia earned the ire of netizens and health experts for publicly shaming doctors who criticized a local memorandum urging provincial officials and employees to perform “tuob” or steam inhalation as means to help contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Although no cure has yet been proven to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the number of recorded patients in the country who have recovered from the disease has steadily risen since mid-April, according to data from the Department of Health (DOH).
The international scientific community is moving at a record speed to develop the first-ever coronavirus vaccine as it races against time with nearly four million people already infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
