Any vaccine or health technology will always have a health risk attached to it, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) stated on Tuesday, Jan. 17 as United States (US) authorities are bound to investigate drugmaker Pfizer's Covid-19 bivalent vaccine and its possible link to a type of brain...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The rest of the 12 to 17 age group can get their first booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine starting on Thursday, June 30, an official of the Department of Health (DOH)...
Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Health...
Nearly four million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were donated by the United States (US) to the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) It was the largest single-day shipment US made through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility to the...
More than 700,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were donated by the United States (US) to the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) Through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, US donated a total of 769,860...
More than 3.4 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recently donated by the United States (US) to the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) Through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, US...
The Muntinlupa City government has started vaccinating minors aged five to 11 years old on Feb. 7 at two sites. The kids, accompanied by their parents, were vaccinated starting at 8 a.m. at the Laguerta Health Center in Barangay Tunasan and Ospital ng Muntinlupa grounds in Barangay Alabang....
The Muntinlupa City government is ready to roll out the vaccination of minors aged five to 11 years old on Monday, Feb. 7. Two vaccination sites will be used by the city government in the vaccination of the age group in Muntinlupa. Muntinlupa City Health Office chief Dr. Juancho Bunyi earlier said...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The government will start distributing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for children aged five to 11 in the different pediatric vaccination centers starting Saturday, Feb. 5, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Starting ng madaling araw ng...
ft.com Around 780,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses for children aged five to 11-years-old are set to arrive in the Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 3, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The initial Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivery is in time for the rollout of the COVID-19...
ft.com The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech has 91 percent efficacy in children aged five to 11 years old, a member of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) said on Wednesday, Jan. 26. “The vaccine efficacy for the adolescents age group (12 to...
A batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine intended for children aged 5 to 11 years old is expected to be delivered from the United States (US) to the Philippines by the third week of January, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Romualdez disclosed that...