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DOH confirms 92 more COVID-related deaths in PH

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday 92 more coronavirus-related deaths in the country, bringing the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 complications to 49,591. The country has so far confirmed a total of 2,835,345 cases of COVID-19. With this figure, the case fatality rate, or the percentage of people who died out of all cases, is currently at 1.75 percent.Meanwhile, 2.77 million patients have recovered, taking the percentage of patients who survived the disease to 97.8 percent. The DOH has so far reported a total of 1,046 fatalities in its case bulletins for December, or an average of 149 deaths being recorded per day this month. However, the DOH earlier explained that these deaths also cover those from previous months. The health department reported 167 deaths on December 1; 40 on December 2; 235 on December 3; 243 on December 4; 156 on December 5; and 133 on December 6. A total of 13,026 patients have yet to recover and are tagged as active ca
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Duterte tells OCTA fellow he can replace Duque

 




President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday asked OCTA Research Fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco if he was open to replace Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as the new health chief.

"I would be happy to appoint you as a Secretary of Health if that is okay with you," Duterte said in his Talk to the People after Austriaco made a presentation on the Omicron variant.

In response, Austriaco politely turned down the offer.

"No po. Secretary Duque is doing a fine job po. He is a Thomasian po," Austriaco said.

Duterte again pressed Austriaco on his offer to become the next Health secretary.

"He (Duque) has shown a desire to really rest after all this ruckus against him. I've been forcing him  (Duque) to stay but he would be happy to give way to you," Duterte quipped.

Duque then chimed in, "Yes. Mr. President. To another Thomasian."

Austriaco, a Dominican priest and molecular biologist, is also part of the team developing the country's first Filipino-made COVID-19 vaccine

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