Quezon City has breached the one million mark in terms of total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. The local government on Wednesday announced that as of July 13, a total of 1,013,988 vaccine doses were already administered, 686,311 of which were first dose while 327,677 were second...
The government has purchased 89 million doses of coronavirus vaccines amounting around $1 billion so far amid efforts to step up the inoculation of Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation...
The Philippine government is expecting the arrival of more than 10 million doses of various vaccine brands against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) this month. Secretary Vince Dizon (Photo from PTV) National Task Force Against COVID-19 deputy chief implementer and testing czar Secretary Vince Dizon...
The Philippines has so far administered 11 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to its population, testing czar Secretary Vince Dizon said. Secretary Vince Dizon (Photo from PTV) Dizon, who is also the deputy chief implementer of the government’s task force against coronavirus disease...
CAVITE - The provincial government is expecting the arrival of 1.5 million doses of Novavax coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in the next two months. In a Facebook post on Wednesday (June 30), Governor Jonvic Remulla said the agreement for the vaccine acquisition has been finalized. In April,...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) already flew over 1.78 million COVID-19 vaccines to 15 key domestic provinces since March 2021, with Cebu and Roxas as latest destinations. 14619 This is in line with the airline’s initiative to support the country’s goal to inoculate 58 to 70 million people to achieve herd...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Thai medical committee has agreed to shorten the interval between two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to eight weeks from previously 10-12 weeks, an official said on Tuesday. The National Communicable Disease Committee has decided to shorten the interval due to...
With the expected arrival of more than 40 million Pfizer-Biontech vaccines in the country this year, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, June 22, the need for the local government units (LGUs) to make the necessary preparations even before...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) today (June 17) transported another 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Beijing to Manila, via flight 5J 671. June 17 2 Included in the shipment was the first batch of privately-procured vaccines to arrive in the country consisting of 500,000 Sinovac doses. To...
Now that a more substantial number of vaccines is set to arrive in the country this month – about 9.95 million as per vaccine czar Calito Galvez Jr. – expect the country’s vaccination rollout to shift to high gear in the third quarter of 2021. As of Wednesday, June 9, 2021, a total of...
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...
The Provincial Government of Bulacan (PGB) received an additional 76,801 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the national government. The Provincial Public Affairs Office (PPAO) said the additional vaccine doses were immediately stored at the designated cold storage of the province at the Hiyas ng...
