Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public that the second booster shot of Covid-19 vaccines are being given only to healthcare workers, senior citizens, and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, June 24 urged local government units (LGUs) and schools to prepare for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots among minors aged 12 to 17. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Basic Education Committee, made the call following the approval by the Department...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The EU's medicines watchdog on Thursday approved Valneva's anti-Covid jab, Europe's sixth green-lit coronavirus vaccine, which uses more traditional technology than others on the market which the firm hopes will reduce jab hesitancy. The French-Austrian drug maker's shot...
PARIS, France -- Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, is based on data from 185 countries and territories...
Yay or nay? Just shy of a week since the announcement of the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio n that children between six months and 6 years can now avail of the Covid-19 vaccinations (Pfizer and Moderna), actress Emmy Rossum has had her one-year-old daughter vaccinated. "An exciting day we’ve...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-Region 6 on Thursday, June 23 confirmed 21 cases of the Covid-19 Omicron BA.5 variant in Western Visayas. Iloilo City had the majority of the Omicron BA.5 cases with 16, followed by Iloilo with four and one from Guimaras. “We are closely coordinating with...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, June 23, made an appeal to the youth, especially the young social entrepreneurs who finished an Angat Buhay program recently, that the country needs them in a post-pandemic scenario where more challenges lie ahead. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The outgoing local chief executive here has encouraged the next administration to continue to conduct daily online Covid-19 press briefing to keep the people updated everyday. Outgoing Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno. (Photo courtesy of Cagayan de Oro City Information...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III is planning to form an advisory group of multidisciplinary experts to guide the private sector as the country transitions into normalcy after battling the Covid-19 pandemic for more than two years. Presidential Adviser for...
In this file photo taken on April 26, 2021, commuters wearing protective face masks walk along Pratunam pier in Bangkok, after the government imposed strict restrictions for not wearing a mask in public following the recent outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand. Thailand announced on...
(REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to avoid complacency as the scenario that the country may experience another surge in Covid-19 cases remains a possibility. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that this is because of the...
Muntinlupa City’s weekly total of new Covid-19 cases rose as the Department of Health observed that the National Capital Region (NCR) experienced a “sharp increase” in the number of people getting the virus. Daily data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that from June 13 to 19,...
