More news about how the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is being handled by the public and the government.
Filipinos search Google for information but Google is searching the Philippines for those who need a vaccine.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138332 |
Google.org, the charitable arm of tech giant Google, is funding vaccines for 250,000 people in several countries, including the Philippines, through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that works with the COVAX facility and the World Health Organization to ensure equitable vaccine access globally.
Other beneficiaries include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, and Laos.
“The presence of vaccines gives us hope that we may be nearing the end of the pandemic but barriers to equitable access exist especially in low- and middle-income countries. We hope that through Google’s efforts and partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, we can help more people from countries in need to be vaccinated,” Google Philippines Country Director Bernadette Nacario said in a statement on Wednesday.
Nacario added Google will be leading an employee-giving campaign to secure more vaccine shots, with the Gavi Matching Fund and Google.org matching the donation to triple the impact.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138304 |
The Covid-19 vaccine supply in the Philippines is expected to grow “by leaps and bounds” starting May, Malacañang said on Wednesday.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this assurance to allay concerns over delays in the delivery of vaccines to the country amid limited global supply.
Roque earlier announced that the arrival of the first batch of Russian-made “Sputnik V” Covid-19 vaccines will not push through this month due to logistical concerns.
He explained the logistical challenges rose from “being no direct flights from Russia and that vaccine requires -20 temperature.”
“(Now, we don’t have enough but we expect that at the start of May, our supply will grow by leaps and bounds),” he said in an interview over DZXL-RMN.
Roque said the country is expected to receive around 4 to 6 million vaccine doses by May.
“(If I am not mistaken -- I just can’t recall -- but we expect to receive 4 to 6 million vaccine doses this May and come July we will get almost all of our supply),” he added.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/healthandwellness/785214/this-doctor-is-offering-home-service-tuli-for-teenagers-amid-pandemic/story/ |
A doctor started a "Home Service Tuli" for adolescent boys as free circumcision operations are temporarily halted amid the pandemic.
In an episode of "Pinoy MD," Dr. Jamille Mabalo said that she came up with the initiative in the hope that it could help reduce the spread of the COVID-19.
"Instead of parents and kids going to clinics or hospitals, the doctor will just go to their homes for their safety now that we're in a pandemic," she said in Filipino.
She added that she finds this more practical than being exposed to other people and patients also won't have a hard time going home after the procedure.
Mabalo said she makes sure to keep herself protected from COVID-19 by taking a swab test every two weeks.
Upon arriving at her patient’s home and before doing the procedure, she immediately disinfects herself and puts on personal protective equipment (PPE).
One of her patients was 13-year-old Amiro Amat, whose circumcision has been postponed twice since 2019.
According to Amiro's mom, Yasmin Amat, she really wanted her son to get circumcised already so she tried looking for one online and succeeded.
Amiro, meanwhile, said that he prefers doing the circumcision at home because it's more comfortable and safe.
The procedure usually lasts 45 minutes and the area should be given much care afterwards to ensure that it heals properly.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1138363 |
Displaced workers in Ilocos Norte are given more options to survive the pandemic by taking free skills training being offered by various government institutions.
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), in partnership with the Ilocos Norte government, announced on Wednesday the opening of a series of training to help residents become "technically competent, innovative and creative in a specific trade to become skilled workers”.
To avail of the program, applicants may register at https://workin.ilocosnorte.gov.ph/ and apply for the available training options offered.
The list of new trainings available includes the following: hydraulic excavator, hydraulic wheel loader, driving NC II, Swine Production NC II, Masonry NC I, English language course, computer system servicing NC II, Electronics products assembly and servicing NC II and shielded metal arc welding NC I.
According to Provincial Employment Service Office (PESO) Manager Anne Marie Lizette Bitancor-Atuan, these are among the most in demand skills in the province.
Some of those skills are pretty advanced. In the picture accompanying the article you have women in a cooking class but that does not reflect the article at all. Masonry, arc welding, and electronic products assembly require a lot of skill. Swine production? Wouldn't you need capital to start a swine farm? Needless to say none of those professions are meant for women and apparently women have been the hardest hit by this pandemic.
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| https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/785489/duterte-wants-gov-t-media-to-report-phl-faring-better-in-covid-19-fight-pcoo/story/ |
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has confirmed the existence of a memo directing all state-run media to present world data on COVID-19 situation showing the Philippines is faring better than other countries.
In a statement, Director Virginia Arcilla-Agtay of PCOO Integrated News Team said that such memo is in accordance to the instructions of President Rodrigo Duterte to provide adequate information and convey working policies, particularly those which address the effects of the pandemic.
The memo read "all government media platforms are hereby directed to carry regular updates about the world data on COVID-19, specifically to convey to the public that the Philippines is faring better than many countries in addressing the pandemic."
"These updates should be incorporated in, but not limited to, TV and radio newscasts (morning, noon, primetime and ate evening), as well as daily social media posts," the memo added.
“Yes, there is a memo directing us to give updates on world data regarding COVID-19 and to convey that we are faring better than other countries. There is nothing wrong with this, nor is it a lie, it is simply amplifying facts,” Agtay said.
The ivermectin situation has reached new heights of insanity as two members of the House distributed pills to those who had a prescription.
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| https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/29/21/2-lawmakers-give-out-free-ivermectin-to-qc-residents |
Two lawmakers on Thursday distributed free capsules of anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to residents in Quezon City, which they believe could fight COVID-19.
Residents of Barangay Matandang Balara were required to fill up a form before on-site doctors prescribed them with the de-worming drug.
Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor and Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta proceeded with their planned distribution despite warnings from various health authorities and medical groups.
In a press briefing Wednesday, Defensor, who had recovered from coronavirus, said he would "fight" the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in court should the regulatory body stop them from giving out ivermectin.
"Legally, we are compliant. On two occasions during the hearings, they said this process can be done. If they will again block this, then the people especially the poor will not be given the drug. I will fight them in court. They are too much," he told reporters in a mix of Filipino and English.
Interviewed on ANC Thursday, FDA Director General Eric Domingo said he saw no problem with the distribution of ivermectin.
"I believe they will be sourcing it from a licensed compounding pharmacy. As long as they have doctors there who will take a look at patients and prescribe their medicines, then that's not a problem. It's the responsibility now of the doctors," he said.
The DOJ disagrees with the FDA saying there is no sound legal basis for these two men to be distributing the drug. Furthermore it turns out the prescriptions were written on bond paper and not a prescription pad.
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| https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/04/30/2094909/duque-says-fda-must-probe-token-prescriptions-ivermectin-pantry |
The Food and Drug Administration should look into the prescriptions—that lacked doctors’ information—given to recipients of anti-parasitic drug in Quezon City, the Department of Health said Friday.
At the so-called “pantry” organized by two lawmakers despite warnings from medical authorities, doctors handed beneficiaries for ivermectin. But the prescriptions, written on sheets of paper, did not contain their names, license numbers and professional tax receipt numbers.
“If the reports that the prescription was written on a tissue or bond paper were true, then the FDA needs to investigate such reports. But the accountability is clear it’s the doctor who prescribed it who has to answer for his actions,” DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel.
“All prescriptions must contain the name of the prescriber, office address, professional registration number, professional tax receipt number… They should follow this. They cannot issue token prescriptions,”
With this distribution already skirting the lines of legality what else would one expect?
Everyone is forced to wear a face mask when they go out but actress Alice Dixon has taken that insanity to a whole new level by spring a portable air filtration system.
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| https://www.instagram.com/p/COTzotngIVH/ |
My airplane go to outfit these days. For more information about my personal air filtration system, or how to order pls visit my store at http://store.alicedixson.com
How ridiculous is this? She might as well be wearing a huge gas mask with a large filter like a doughboy from WW I.
Duterte finally got vaccinated.
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| https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/5/4/Palace-Duterte-Sinopharm-vaccination-not-illegal-smuggled.html |
"The President's use (of the Sinopharm vaccine) is not illegal because a compassionate use (permit) has been issued for the PSG Hospital. He also did not use a smuggled vaccine because this was donated by the Chinese government."
Duterte on Monday received his first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine, which the Palace earlier said was his preferred brand. Sinopharm has yet to formally apply for emergency use authorization with the Food and Drug Administration.
The chief executive's inoculation, however, is a shift from the Palace's earlier pronouncement in March that he will await the EUA issuance of Sinopharm before using it.
You know something is wrong when the Palace has to reassure the nation that the President has not committed a crime in taking an unapproved vaccine. They say he did not use a smuggled vaccine because it was donated by the Chinese government but that only raises the question of how the Chinese government was able to smuggle in illegal vaccines?
If he really wanted to raise confidence in the vaccines then why did he not take one of the brands which are available and approved?
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