The Department of Health (DOH) said that the over two million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that recently arrived in the Philippines will be administered as first dose as these are set to expire in June and July. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo from PCOO/ Manila Bulletin File...
Mayor Abby Binay urged Makati residents to register for vaccination as the city now has more COVID vaccines than people to receive them. Makati City Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an interview with DZMM Teleradyo on Monday, Binay said she is facing a “good...
Now the country has more coronavirus vaccine supply, Vice President Leni Robredo thinks it could be time for her to get vaccinated. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo herself will fall under the A3 category, or persons with comorbidities, since she is hypertensive, but she refused to get the...
The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines and the United States Embassy in Manila welcomed the delivery of more than two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines under the COVAX facility, the international partnership established to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19...
The latest batch of coronavirus vaccines delivered to the Philippines through the COVAX facility represented a "lifeline" to Filipinos seeking relief from the pandemic, according to a United Nations (UN) official. The latest batch of AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines through the...
An additional 6.8 million coronavirus vaccines will be delivered to the Philippines under the global vaccine sharing scheme, the United States Embassy in Manila announced Saturday. More than 2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines have been delivered to the Philippines through the COVAX facility on...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)'s Port of NAIA cleared two shipments containing around 3.5 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, it announced Saturday, May 8. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said those cleared were 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac vaccines made by Sinovac...
The newly-delivered two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the donations of Covax facility will be used for the inoculation of frontline healthcare workers (A1 priority), senior citizens (A2), and persons with co-morbidities (A3) nationwide, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed Saturday....
The government is aiming to accelerate its vaccination drive with the country's vaccine supply possibly jumping up to 20 million shots by June and July. Health workers give a coronavirus vaccine shot to a man at the drive-through vaccination site in Makati City on May 6, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
More than two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines were delivered to the country by the Covax facility on Saturday afternoon, May 8, which brought the total supply to 7.5 million doses. The 2,030,400 AstraZeneca vaccines were fetched via Singapore Airlines commercial flight SQ 0910. The plane...
More people, including economic frontliners, can be vaccinated after the Department of Health (DOH) agreed to resume the use of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca for all age groups, according to Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. A health worker gives a...
The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Friday, May 7, the official resumption of using the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in the country. This file photo taken on November 23, 2020 shows an illustration picture of a syringe and a bottle reading "Covid-19 Vaccine" next to...
