Saying that it is already time to let children to go to school and play outside, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) has backed the government’s inoculation of children aged 5 to 11 which is eyed to begin on Friday, Feb. 4. (PIDSP president Dr. Mary Ann Bunyi /...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno expressed dismay on Saturday, Jan. 29, over the Bloomberg survey that ranked the Philippines at the bottom on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resilience. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno, a senatorial aspirant,...
The Pateros municipal government is now allowing walk-ins for its drive-thru booster COVID-19 vaccination. This was announced by Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III on Jan. 28 after it was observed that the number of people getting booster shots has decreased. “We saw a decrease in the number of...
The government's pandemic task force has required vaccination sites across the country to submit their data to the Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS) within 48 hours from the vaccination event to have a better grasp of the country's vaccination rate. The Manila International Airport...
As it pushes for the implementation of expanded face-to-face classes , the Department of Education (DepEd) said that preference to those who will be allowed to participate would be given to students who were already vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Due to the increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the past weeks, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) intensified its COVID-19 vaccination efforts to curb the spread of the virus. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Friday, Jan. 28, PRC said that it...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged parents of children ages five to 11 to have them vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the government is set to open the vaccination program for the said age group starting Friday, Feb. 4. “Gaya ng COVID-19...
While the Department of Education (DepEd) will carefully monitor the vaccination of children aged five to 11, Education Secretary Leonor Briones expressed confidence that parents and learners will participate since the exercise is something that they are familiar with. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO /...
By Cherrylin Caacbay The Marikina City local government announced on Thursday, Jan. 27, the walk-in COVID-19 vaccination schedules for the adult and minor populations. Walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations are only allowed for residents, workers, and individuals 12 to 17 years old in Marikina City....
In support of the government’s national program against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Education (DepEd) said that over 800 schools nationwide were tapped to serve as vaccination sites. (FILE PHOTO / DepEd) “Sa ngayon, batay sa ating datos, meron nang mga 841 schools na...
The Department of Education (DepEd) expressed full support to the scheduled rollout of the vaccination program for children aged five to 11 against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in February. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULETIN) “Nakaganda naman ng feedback lalo na sa mga magulang, mga local...
Four out of five or 80 percent of vaccinated adult Filipinos are willing to get a booster dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Thursday, Jan. 27. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File...
