DOH to put up 7 subnational labs

The Department of Health (DOH), through the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) and with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), is establishing seven subnational laboratories (SNL) for the detection of vaccine-preventable diseases in the country.

WHO: Coronavirus officially named Covid-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday (February 11) said COVID-19 will be the new official name for the deadly coronavirus that was first identified in China on Dec 31.