The local government of Navotas City beat its own record when it posted its lowest COVID-19 active cases. As of November 23, the city logged only 14 active cases. "Wish granted. We've prayed and worked hard for our numbers to go down. This shows that all our efforts and sacrifices have born fruit,"...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has started administering booster shots to at least 1,163 of its frontliners under the A1 category, a military official disclosed Wednesday, Nov. 24. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) starts administering booster shots to its frontliners under the...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government has started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens (A2 priority group) and persons with comorbidities (A3), and non-residents can avail of the medical service. The municipal government began administering booster shots...
Just like medical frontliners, the Department of Health started last Monday administering booster shots to senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals. The DOH also announced they can also choose to receive a booster shot of a vaccine brand different from the ones they had before. This...
The Caloocan City government started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens and persons with comorbidities on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Individuals who want to get their booster shots can visit the city’s vaccination sites from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Both the senior citizens and persons with...
The decision of President Duterte on whether he will take a booster shot against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) depends on his physician’s advice, Malacañang said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. President Rodrigo Duterte receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco...
The San Juan City local government started administering on Tuesday, Nov. 23, COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens and persons with comorbidities a week after launching the booster shot program for its healthcare workers. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said that a total of 1,000...
The Quezon City government has started administering COVID-19 booster shots to its health care workers on Tuesday, Nov.23. A total of 5,000 health care workers and non-medical personnel will be inoculated from Tuesday to Friday (Nov.23-26) in the city's vaccination sites. “Our healthcare workers...
The Las Pinas City government started administering booster shots against COVID-19 to the city's senior citizens on Tuesday (Nov. 23). Paul San Miguel, Public Information Office chief, said Mayor Imelda Aguilar is targeting about 4,000 senior citizens in the city to get the booster shot per day....
The Pateros municipal government said it will start administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to fully vaccinated senior citizens (A2 priority group) and persons with comorbidities (A3). It said the scheduling will be based on the date of the vaccine recipient's second dose. Based on the...
Which brand should you get? CLINICAL MATTERS With the FDA giving the greenlight for the use of boosters among healthcare workers this November, the first legal boosters have already gone into some of the A1 group’s arms, including mine. At the time of this writing, only healthcare workers have...
(PHOTO FROM UNSPLASH) The chances of experiencing side effects following a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination are higher for individuals who receive a heterologous booster shot, the head of the country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) said on Monday, Nov. 22. Following the national...
