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DOH Undersecretary and spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — A five-percent wastage of Covid-19 vaccines—either due to problems on storage and distribution, or recipients suddenly backing out or having medical concerns—is acceptable, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, the DOH considers a possible five-percent wastage when procuring vaccines. “Meron po tayong tinatala na ang acceptable po ay mga 5 percent. Ini-estimate na po namin ‘yan kapag kumukuha tayo ng numero o estimated number na kailangan natin na bakuna,” she said during the Laging Handa public briefing when asked about the estimated percentage of wastage for Covid-19 vaccine shots. (We estimate that a five-percent wastage of vaccines is acceptable. We consider that estimate when we indicate the number of vaccines we need for mass inoculation.) “Pero kailangan (But), we have to keep it as minimum as possible … [Read more...] about DOH: 5-percent wastage of total Covid-19 vaccines still acceptable

PRISONERS or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) will be next on the government’s priority list of individuals to be inoculated with Covid jabs, according to the Department of Justice (DoJ). Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the assurance on Friday after inmates were left off the final list of subcategories under vaccine priority A4 released by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). Guevarra said that PDLs were not included in the A4 list for being not frontliners even as he stressed detainees would certainly be vaccinated soon. “PDLs have not been included as they are not frontliners. But the DoJ will make sure PDLs will also be vaccinated like everyone else, as they are highly vulnerable to transmission of the Covid-19 virus due to lack of space,” he added. “There is still a category B and C. We’ll discuss the matter at the technical level first,” Guevarra further said. Included in the A4 subcategories are frontline … [Read more...] about PDLs next on vaccine priority list – DoJ

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 26, 2012 shows a scientist looking at a blood sample in a laboratory at the Center for Scientific Research Caucaseco in the outskirts of Cali, Colombia. MANILA, Philippines — Through Proclamation No. 1478 signed by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2008, April was declared National Hemophilia Awareness Month, and April 17 as National Hemophilia Day. World Hemophilia Day, April 2021 In celebration of National Hemophilia Day , here are some things you need to know about this rare type of bleeding disorder. What is hemophilia? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which the blood can not clot properly. This can cause spontaneous and prolonged bleeding following an injury or surgery. Hemophilia is a rare genetic disorder. However, CDC noted that it can also be developed later in life. “The majority of cases involve middle-aged or elderly people or young … [Read more...] about EXPLAINER: Five things you need to know about hemophilia

More than twice as many Americans in San Francisco, California, died from drug overdoses in 2020 as did from the Chinese coronavirus, San Francisco’s Chief Medical Examiner reveals. In preliminary data published by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for San Francisco, more than twice as many Americans were found to have died from drug overdoses as they did from coronavirus despite a massive emphasis on pandemic deaths from January to December 2020. “More than twice as many people died from drug overdoses as from Covid-19 in San Francisco last year,” the Wall Street Journal reported . In 2020, a record 708 San Francisco residents died from drug overdoses while 254 residents died from coronavirus. Already this year, in January and February, 137 San Francisco residents have died from drug overdoses, the Chief Medical Examiner report shows. The numbers indicate the city is on a track to reach 800 drug overdose deaths by the end of 2021, according to the Journal . … [Read more...] about San Francisco Medical Examiner: Drugs Killed More than Twice as Many Americans as Coronavirus in 2020