DOH The Department of Health (DOH) remains hopeful that it will be able to meet its target of fully vaccinating 77 million Filipinos against Covid-19 by the end of June. “We will do our best to reach the 77 million fully vaxxed by June 30,” said DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje during a public...
The Pasay City government announced that the conduct of “Vacc to the Future” vaccination at the Giga Vaccination Center in SM Mall of Asia (MOA) was temporarily suspended on May 16. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the administration of the first and second doses of Covid-19 vaccine for five to...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the proposal to accept and recognize the Covid-19 vaccine certificates of Morocco, the Republic of Kenya, and the Republic of Serbia as sufficient proof of vaccination for several purposes, including entry to the country. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN...
Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The national government is targeting to fully vaccinate 77 million people against Covid-19 by the end of June, the Department of Health (DOH) said. "Our target would be 77 million individuals by the end of June. Ito po ay (This is) 85 percent of...
As more infectious subvariants of Covid-19 emerge worldwide, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion called on medical and data experts to discuss measures to avert a highly contagious strain that is said to be more infectious than the "stealth Omicron." MB UPLIFT's awardee for...
The government's pandemic task force has expressed strong support for the conduct of face-to-face classes for all public and private institutions for basic education, Malacañang said. MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this statement as the number of...
The Muntinlupa City government reported that the total number of fully vaccinated individuals in the city has reached more than 495,000, exceeding the target population. Data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of May 11, there are 495,414 people who have been fully vaccinated in...
HONG KONG, China -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Thursday that about 3.38 million people had received their third Covid-19 vaccine dose as of Thursday, accounting for 50 percent of the population aged 12 or above. The HKSAR government appealed to eligible...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Earlier start dates and rapid scale-up of Covid-19 vaccination delivered greater health benefits in terms of hospitalizations and deaths averted, and were more cost-effective in Africa, a newly published study by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has...
Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The national government is still aiming to fully vaccinate at least eight to nine million Filipinos against Covid-19 by the end of Duterte's administration in June, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “If our target is 77 million hanggang sa...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) More than 7,000 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the different temporary vaccination sites that were set up near voting centers on election day, the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said more than 300 vaccination sites have been set up near polling places on election day. “As of the latest report received today,...
