National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will be deployed within four months can get inoculated with vaccines donated by COVAX Facility. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) During the symbolic inoculation of seafarers in Palacio de...
While the Philippines has already received more than five million vaccines through the COVAX facility as of today, other Southeast Asian countries, including nations that managed to control the coronavirus last year, are struggling to contain recent outbreaks as vaccine shortages leave their...
The United States government has welcomed the successful arrival to the Philippines of 2,282,850 doses of the American-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that will be shared among the cities of Manila, Cebu and Davao. US Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law (4th from right) joined Philippine in...
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (Luis Acosta / File photo / AFP ) The Philippines received on Thursday night, June 10, a total of 2.28 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX facility. The vaccines will be administered to those...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed gratitude to the United States government for its decision to donate some of its surplus COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines and other countries. "Well nakuha natin yung magandang balita na iyan at tayo naman ay nagagalak at...
The United States Embassy in Manila on Friday confirmed the inclusion of the Philippines among the priority countries to receive its share from the initial batch of 25 million doses of coronavirus vaccines that the US intends to donate globally. United States Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The Covax vaccine programme secured another $2.4 billion from donors on Wednesday, but underlined it was still struggling to get enough doses to help poorer countries fight the COVID-19 pandemic. A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a...
Real and inclusive global recovery from the pandemic cannot be achieved if there will be continued disparity in the distribution of coronavirus vaccines, President Duterte declared Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President renewed his call for equitable vaccine...
It's time to give back. President Duterte said the Philippines will be donating $1 million to the COVAX Facility to repay its generosity as the country continues to receive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines from the program. President Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) Duterte made the statement as...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina To show the magnitude of disproportion in access to the first COVID-19 vaccines being deployed at the start of 2021, a stark contrast was portrayed. “More than 39 million doses of vaccine have now been administered in at least 49 higher-income...
South Sudan will return 72,000 doses of donated COVID-19 vaccines after concluding it cannot administer the jabs before they expire, a health ministry official told AFP on Tuesday. Arsene Mpiana / AFP PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN The country received 132,000 doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine in...
Denmark plans to donate three million COVID-19 doses to developing countries this year through the Covax global sharing scheme, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. Syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are placed on a tray at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic (AFP/...
