Saying that it is already time to let children to go to school and play outside, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) has backed the government’s inoculation of children aged 5 to 11 which is eyed to begin on Friday, Feb. 4. (PIDSP president Dr. Mary Ann Bunyi /...
Due to the increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the past weeks, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) intensified its COVID-19 vaccination efforts to curb the spread of the virus. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Friday, Jan. 28, PRC said that it...
Four out of five or 80 percent of vaccinated adult Filipinos are willing to get a booster dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Thursday, Jan. 27. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon announced on Wednesday, Jan. 26 its partnership with eCommerce platform Lazada who is supporting the organization's Bakuna Bus program (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) “With the current Omicron...
An official of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) assured on Wednesday, Jan. 26, that it's safe to vaccinate kids aged 5 to 11 years against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over DZBB, PMS President Dr. Benito Atienza stressed kids will...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said on Friday, Jan. 21 that it is now allowing walk-in vaccinations for adults at the EDSA Boni Bakuna Center in light of the ongoing surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a...
Vaccine skepticism among adult Filipinos continues to die down, according to the result of the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations on Thursday, Jan. 20. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The natiowide survey done face-to-face from December 12 to 16,...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Jan. 20, assailed new government policies that discriminated against unvaccinated individuals instead of making vaccines more accessible for the people. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo lamented that workers who were not...
Those who are unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and eligible for booster shots can head to pharmacies to get inoculated, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18,...
The Philippines registered on Monday, Jan. 10 another record-high tally of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases at 33,169. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the rise of COVID-19...
A group of medical doctors and private citizens called out the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in its recent move to reduce the mobility of people who are unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a...
The country’s yearlong real-world study on the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines is expected to be completed by June this year, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Saturday, Jan. 8. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Dr....
