WASHINGTON, United States -- US biotech firm Moderna said Thursday it had submitted a request for an emergency use authorization in the United States for its Covid vaccine for children aged six months to under six years. Very young children are the only group that are yet to be eligible for the...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the city government is set to receive 2,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Mondelez Philippines, Inc. Olivarez said a memorandum of agreement between the city government and representatives from Mondelez Philippines Inc. was signed during the...
ft.com Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have already submitted an authorization request to the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clear their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for use in children aged five to 11 years old. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that...
The Pasay City government received 5,000 doses of Moderna vaccines from two private companies in support of the city’s Vacc to the Future vaccination program. Jose Crisol, Jr., SVP and Head- Investor Relations and Communication representing GT Capital Holdings, Inc. and John Frederick Cabato,...
The Muntinlupa City government has vaccinated nearly 7,300 individuals on the first day of the Bayanihan, Bakunahan national vaccination campaign on Nov. 29. The national government’s three-day campaign from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 aims to vaccinate at least nine million Filipinos or three million...
Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are expected to be administered to children ages four to 11 as part of the pediatric vaccination program before the end of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "I would think before the end of the...
The Muntinlupa City government has vaccinated nearly 18,000 minors aged 12 to 17 years old in nearly a month. As of Nov. 21, according to the Muntinlupa COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac), a total of 17,773 minors have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination of a minor...
Deputy House Speaker Loren Legarda donated 500 Moderna vaccines to the city government during its regular flag raising ceremony on Monday, Nov. 22. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano thanked Legarda for the donation, saying it is a big help in the city's fight against COVID-19. Rubiano told City Hall...
The Muntinlupa City government started giving fully vaccinated frontline healthcare workers their booster shots on Friday, Nov. 19. A ceremonial administration of booster shots was held at SM Center Muntinlupa in Bgy. Tunasan. Other vaccination sites that will start giving booster shots are Ayala...
Nearly 15,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given to minors aged 12 to 17 years old in Muntinlupa. According to the Muntinlupa COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac), as of Nov. 17, a total of 14,924 doses have been administered to minors. A minor is getting vaccinated at Ospital ng...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced the start of the administration of booster shots to healthcare workers. “I just want to inform you that we will start giving booster shots tomorrow to health workers,” said the mayor in a live broadcast on Facebook Wednesday. A healthcare...
The administration of the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for minors aged 12 to 17 years old has started in Muntinlupa. As of Nov. 16, a total of 13,790 minors have received the first dose of the vaccine, equivalent to 25 percent of the estimated population of 55,391 for 12 to 17-year-olds in...