The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) call for a moratorium on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots to address the disparity in jab distribution between rich and poor countries. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) DOST...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) will likely come up with “some recommendations” next week on the use of coronavirus disease (COVID) booster shots for those fully vaccinated individuals, particularly the country's healthcare workers and those who are immunocompromised. A staff member...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) is not yet recommending to the government to grant coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots to healthcare workers. VEP chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani maintained that the panel is still carefully studying the use of booster jabs, considering its...
We still don’t have all the data and enough research Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana It sounds straightforward: If there are more breakthrough infections against our current vaccines, why not give a booster? Or what about giving another vaccine course? Or mixing the vaccines? Many people talk about...
This early, the government has set aside P45 billion for any acquisition of additional coronavirus vaccines for Filipinos next year. President Duterte with Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (File photo: Malacañang) Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III assured the nation about the...
Should the government allow the use of coronavirus disease (COVID) vaccine booster shots for those vaccinated with China’s Sinovac jabs, the initial list of priority recipients may include the elderly, those with comorbidity and the healthcare workers, the Department of Science and Technology’s...
This picture shows used vials of the BioNtech Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination of seafarers at a stadium in Manila on July 15, 2021. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP) The country's health experts are still not yet recommending the use of booster shots for those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus...
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) vaccine expert panel (VEP) is not yet recommending the mixing and matching of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines as well as the use of booster shots. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP / FILE PHOTO) VEP head Dr. Nina Gloriani said they did not...
Malacañang there was no need for President Duterte to take booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying the President had a high antibody count after completing his vaccination . President Duterte receives his second dose of Sinopharm vaccine on July 12, 2021. (Malacañang)...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now investigating reports that some individuals have already taken coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that booster shots are not yet recommended by local health...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday that he was shocked with his father's revelation that he received four jabs of COVID-19 vaccines. Mayor Francis Zamora (right) and Rep. Ronaldo Zamora (left) San Juan City Representative Ronaldo Zamora revealed during an event in the city that he...
It’s still under investigation, but here’s what we know CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana One of the most common questions I get asked is, “How long do our vaccines last?” Followed closely by, “When can I get a booster?” and “When can I get a second course of vaccines?”...
