The Manila city government will start its 24/7 vaccination on Sunday (August 8) at 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. on Monday (August 9). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government has allotted 2,000 doses each on the three vaccination sites for the 24/7 vaccination which...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has directed two barangay executives in Quezon City to explain their reported requirement of vaccination cards from their constituents asking for quarantine passes amid the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. ARTA orders 2 Quezon City...
The Muntinlupa City government has warned that people who fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and sell them will face legal action. In an announcement Saturday, the Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) said it “received a report of alleged faking and selling of fake vaccination...
The Pateros municipal government has reached more than 100 percent of its target population in the first dose COVID-19 vaccination. This was revealed by Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III during the “Laging Handa” public briefing Saturday. Vaccination in Pateros (Pateros municipal...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is pushing to inoculate more tourism workers in various destinations in the country to restore the public's confidence to travel and help in the industry's recovery from the pandemic. A tourism worker receives his first dose of COVID-19...
Photo courtesy: WHO Philippines Facebook page The World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines has commended the Pasig City local government after all of its eligible senior citizen residents were able to receive their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. In a Facebook post on...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. echoed the proposal of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property (IP) protections on vaccines to allow many countries to manufacture more coronavirus shots. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Malacañang) Locsin made...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that children are not yet eligible to participate in the government’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program as local health experts are still studying the safety of vaccines for this particular group of the population....
The Quezon City government has already vaccinated more than half of its target 1.7 million individuals against COVID-19. This came after 1,015,256 residents and workers received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 597,517, including those who got the single-dose Johnson & Johnson's...
Vice President Leni Robredo reiterated the need to intensify efforts to vaccinate more Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the rise of the daily number of infections in the country. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo made the statement after the Department of...
True to his word, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos led inspections at various vaccination hubs in the cities of Las Piñas, Muntinlupa and Parañaque on Friday, Aug. 6 to ensure an orderly conduct of jabs. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (right, standing) briefs a...
The National Task Force Against COVID-19 will conduct an investigation of the alleged initiative to “sabotage” the government’s vaccination drive. People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) NTF deputy...
