There is a growing acceptance among Parañaque City residents of the different vaccine brands against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) compared to the previous months, Mayor Edwin Olivarez said. "Noon pong kami ay nag-introduce nito noong buwan ng January, may mga hesitation po sila (When we...
The country is facing a problem on the limited available supply of coronavirus vaccines; it is not the government's pandemic response, that is at issue, President Duterte declared Wednesday. An essential frontliner gets a coronavirus shot at a vaccination hub in Taguig City on May 4, 2021 (Ali...
The country will finally get hold of its first batch of the United States (US)-manufactured Pfizer vaccines this month, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said late Wednesday night, May 5. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's "Talk to the Nation" address on May 5, 2021. (Screenshot...
Parañaque City residents are no longer selective when it comes to the brand of vaccine they are getting against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Wednesday, May 5. (Edwin Olivarez / MANILA BULLETIN) Olivarez, in an interview with DZMM, said that people have been...
Filipinos should embrace the opportunity to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to help save lives and livelihoods, according to Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. A man receives a coronavirus vaccine shot from a health worker in Taguig City on April 29,...
The Philippine government has reached out to the United States (US) and Israel in hopes that these nations would spare their excess vaccines to Filipinos and protect them from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Oleg Vakhromov/ Unsplash) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday, April 23, reported that 24 deaths have been recorded following vaccination in the country. But the country’s food and drug regulatory agency noted that most of the fatalities were classified as “coincidental” and unrelated to the vaccination....
Antipolo City continued inoculating its frontliners on Monday (March 15) after receiving an additional 1,156 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinovac and AstraZeneca over the weekend. (Jun-Andeng Ynares / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccination will be held until Wednesday (March 17) at the Antipolo City...
The Philippine National Police will be rolling out another round of vaccination expectedly on Monday, March 15, after securing 700 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. (Ali Vicoy / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) But Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Officer-In-Charge of the PNP, said only 350 of their...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assisted in the transportation of close to 1,400 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Western Visayas on Friday, March 12. According to the PCG, the provincial health office of Negros Occidental received 990 vials of Sinovac vaccines and 74 vials of...
The provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi in the southernmost part of the country have finally received its first doses of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for its medical frontliners, the military bared Friday, March 12. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) Sulu received 208...
Cheap and easy to store, the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has given a significant boost to the global fight against coronavirus but also been hit by controversy. Here are five facts about the much-anticipated vaccine. An illustration picture shows vials with COVID-19 Vaccine stickers attached and...
