PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) has appealed to the public to refrain from applying for a "yellow card" if they do not have a scheduled trip abroad. BOQ Director Dr. Roberto Salvador Jr. made the statement to ensure that those individuals who have an immediate schedule to...
Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila were urged to come up with ordinances penalizing individuals who would be found carrying out unauthorized inoculations using government-procured COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V...
The Manila city government opened 200 additional slots for its drive-thru vaccination at Luneta Park. (Manila Public Information Office photo / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced on Friday (August 13) that slots for its drive-thru vaccination will...
Data source: Food and Drug Administration | Pubmat: Manila Bulletin Five months since the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive started, more than 24 million vaccine doses have already been administered. The Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination drive started last March 1,...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stand that the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots is not yet officially recommended at this point. “Unang-una, kaya hindi pa mairekomenda ang booster doses, aside from equity of course as a major...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) rolled out on Thursday, Aug. 12 a two-day vaccination program in San Fernando City, Pampanga which aims to inoculate at least a thousand active tourism workers there. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat led the vaccination...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez and Metro Manila Council (MMC) said all the mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) have agreed on the issuance of a uniform vaccination certificate this month for their fully vaccinated constituents. Olivarez said the Information technology (IT) experts...
The government is seeking to fully vaccinate 50 percent of people in Metro Manila before the end of August, an official of the National Task Force against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) said Friday, Aug. 13. A vaccinator administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a passenger inside their vehicle...
The average coronavirus vaccination in Metro Manila has reached 231,000 jabs per day, according to an official of the government’s task force against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A vaccinator administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a passenger inside their vehicle during the opening of the...
The national government is eyeing to fully vaccinate 27 million Filipinos against the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the end of this month, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed Friday, Aug. 13. A total of 575,800 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive at Ninoy Aquino International...
In compliance with international standards, the Philippines is among the early adopters of the World Health Organization (WHO) digital vaccination certificates, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II announced Thursday, August 12. Just two...
The Philippine government is committed to continue to protect the people from the coronavirus disease from carrying out testing, quarantine measures to vaccination efforts. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File photo/Malacañang) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea highlighted the...
