The Muntinlupa City government has launched its “Bakuna sa Gabi” night vaccination for those belonging to the A4 priority group, or essential workers. Starting Aug. 16, the New Cupang Health Center will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. to help economic frontliners who are unable to go to...
Malacañang appealed to the public to not go to different local government units (LGUs) to get coronavirus (COVID-19) booster shots, saying there were still many people who have not received a single dose yet. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement...
Malacañang asked for the public's understanding as the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) continued to work on creating a master list for the government's vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, August 16 pressed for a faster completion of a centralized database of fully vaccinated individuals saying the issue of a lack of a unified vaccination card is something that should have been addressed by the government before. Gatchalian lamented there are...
The Pateros municipal government has reached 99.5 percent of the newly adjusted target population for COVID-19 first dose vaccination. In a live broadcast Sunday, Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said that as of Aug. 14, the first dose vaccination in Pateros totaled 55,720 individuals, or 99.5...
The San Juan City local government continues to boost its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, particularly of its bedridden residents amid the growing threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) "Patuloy po tayong nagsasagawa ng home vaccination para sa mga...
Amid the detection of the first case of the Lambda variant in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said strict community quarantine protocols and adherence to public health standards are still the best protection against any variant of the...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Before anything else, I would like to ask you, our dear readers, to please include Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna in your prayers so that she may recover speedily. As you probably know by now, she contracted COVID last week. It is sad that she got infected while...
Photo from Philippine Red Cross Facebook page The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has reached a new milestone in its pandemic response after it vaccinated more than 100,000 individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide. The humanitarian organization said it has already vaccinated a...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said local government units (LGUs) should aim to fully vaccinate 70 to 80 percent of their citizens against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if they want to avoid future lockdowns. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion...
Without a unified database for vaccine recipients in the country, Hong Kong’s initial decision not to honor the vaccination cards of Filipinos is “bound to happen,” Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, August 15. Vice President Leni Robredo (Charlie Villegas/OVP) During her weekly...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica reminded local government officials to not politicize the distribution of financial assistance and vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as these activities were important in overcoming the present health crisis....
