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POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia: Nagkaroon po ng karagdagang 1,500 na deployment mula para sa ating healthcare workers

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POEA: Itong 1500 ishe-share natin sa mga nagpa-process na, iyong may employment contracts at working visas... Iyong 1,500 ay 99% diyan ay nurses

POEA: Dahil mayroon tayong pandemya at kasalukuyan pa ang national health emergency, dapat ang healthcare facilties, buo ang kanilang staff

POEA: Ang ideal ratio ay for every 10,000 population, dapat mayroon tayong at least 27 nurses

POEA: Base sa datos ng DOH, ang number ng nurses sa hospitals ay 183,000. May gap tayong 120,000 nurses

POEA says the Omani government will lift its travel restrictions on OFWs.

POEA says once it does, the Philippines will likewise lift its temporary deployment ban of OFWs to Oman.

POEA: Kapag nagkaroon ng lifting sa Oman at tayo ay naglift na, tayo ay makakapagpadala na muli ng OFWs sa Oman

Frances Cuevas, chief health program officer of the DOH-Disease Prevention And Control Bureau-Essential Non-Communicable Disease Division says surveys suggest an increase in mental health struggles such as anxiety among Filipinos amid the pandemic

DOH-Disease Prevention And Control Bureau-Essential Non-Communicable Disease Division says those struggling with mental health issues can call their crisis hotline

DOH Usec. Myrna Cabotaje says 8.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered as of yesterday

DOH Usec. Myrna Cabotaje says 1.5 million healthcare workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19

DOH Usec. Cabotaje says around 2 million senior citizens received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while over 500,000 got their second doses

DOH: Under the A3, 2.1 million received their 1st shots, while 564,000 completed their vaccination

573,000 frontline workers under the A4 group have been vaccinated, of which 8,137 got their 2nd doses

76,412 people under the A5 or indigent sector received their 1st doses

Are we on track in terms of achieving population protection in Metro Manila by end of the year?

DOH Usec. Cabotaje: Yes, dahil sa pangungulit natin araw araw, nagmi-meeting tayo sa pangunguna ni Sec. Vince Dizon... makakaabot tayo ng ating target for population protection sa NCR

DOH Usec. Cabotaje says COVID-19 vaccine supply remains a problem

DOH Usec. Cabotaje on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: May pa-ilan ilan na medyo wait and see, kaya kailangan pa ng push para maaccept nila ang bakuna

DOH Usec. Cabotaje: While we have a plan to eventually include children [in the COVID-19 vaccination program], sana mauna pa rin ang A1-A3 kasi sila ang most at risk at most vulnerable

DOH Usec. Cabotaje: Malamang end of the year and beginning of next year pa natin makikita kung babakunahan ang ating teenagers

DOH Usec. Cabotaje says 2.2 million more AstraZeneca doses from the COVAX facility will arrive in the country tomorrow

DOH Usec. Cabotaje adds the incoming AstraZeneca doses will be earmarked for A1, A2, A3 and A5 groups

DOH Usec. Cabotaje: Wala pa tayong naitatala na nagkaroon ng COVID-19 after the second dose... Kung meron man, inaaral at iniimbestigahan pa ito