San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Wednesday called for intensified vaccination in the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its more transmissible variants, saying that vaccines have been proven to be highly effective in preventing severe to critical COVID-19 cases. Mayor Francis Zamora...
Malacañang welcomed the recent study showing that the majority of Filipinos have access to coronavirus vaccination sites but said that there were more things that needed to be accomplished in the country's fight against the pandemic. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with...
The Muntinlupa City government reported that 65 percent of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the city are unvaccinated individuals. As of Aug. 16, there are 1,756 active COVID-19 cases in Muntinlupa and of the total, 1,140 (65 percent) are unvaccinated, 160 (9 percent) are partially...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Tuesday, Aug. 17, said that it is more than ready to give more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots after receiving over 30,000 doses of vaccines from the national government. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) “Mabisa ang lahat ng bakuna at nakakaligtas ito ng...
The Caloocan City government has opened two drive-thru vaccination sites in a bid to help delivery riders get easy access to COVID-19 jabs amid the threats posed by the coronavirus disease and its variants. Mayor Oca Malapitan said the local government launched Tuesday the drive-thru inoculation...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) praised on Tuesday, Aug. 17, its partners in the private sector for their initiative to provide tourism workers in El Nido, Palawan and their dependents their first dose of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A tourism worker receives his first COVID-19...
President Duterte said it was okay for him that some Filipinos have refused to get their coronavirus jabs since “this is a democracy,” but he also stressed that getting vaccinated could “save your life.” President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on...
The country's national vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has slowed down due to the re-imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other areas, and the rapid rise of cases nationwide. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
President Duterte renewed his call for Filipinos to get their COVID-19 jabs, saying that the coronavirus might be here to stay “for years.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public address to the nation on August 16, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) The Chief Executive urged the public to...
A total of 27,806,881 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been administered as of August 15, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. DOH/MB The DOH said this was regardless of whether it was the first or second dose, or a single-dose vaccine. Of the above-mentioned doses,...
Philippine General Hospital (Photo from University of the Philippines) Majority of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients admitted at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are unvaccinated, according to the hospital’s data issued on Monday, Aug. 16. The country’s biggest COVID-19 referral...
The local government of Malabon City is almost half-way done in terms of vaccinating its target population to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19. Data from the city's health department showed 165,141 residents or 59 percent of the 280,000 target population have already got at least a dose of...
