A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus vaccine during the inoculative drive at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines has called on...
Janno Gibbs was forced to explain himself with many expressing dismay over his recent social media post seemingly criticizing the government's vaccination program. On Instagram, the singer wrote: “I'm sorry for my #basurabakuna statement. I should have explained it. I do not question the efficacy...
The government is not inclined to suspend the vaccination of people living in Metro Manila when the capital region shifts to the most restrictive lockdown next month. A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman...
The Manila city government will launch its drive-thru vaccination at the Luneta Park to make vaccine deployment easier for residents during the rainy season starting on Saturday, July 31. (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced this on...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday, July 29, advised the government's pandemic task force to carefully study and consider factors before pushing for a law that would prohibit unvaccinated individuals from going out. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) The target number of people who have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) must be...
Believing that vaccination remains the best solution to quell the virus spread, President Duterte is amenable to opening the government's vaccination to anyone willing to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte shows vials of AstraZeneca vaccines donated...
A total of 44,012 employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) have so far self-reported their vaccination status. (DepEd Facebook page) DepEd disclosed this in a Facebook post on Wednesday night, July 28. “44,012 DepEd personnel have self-reported their vaccination status as of July 26,...
President Duterte has ordered the police and barangay officials to not let unvaccinated people go around the streets, telling them to escort these "walking spreaders" home and not let them out. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) Duterte made the statement following reports of a...
The government is prepared to recalibrate the country's health protocols as more people get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to President Duterte. President Duterte (File photo:Malacañang) The President assured that the nation could live with the virus with "minimal...
With coronavirus vaccination vital to the safe reopening of the economy, the government is aiming to reach herd immunity by the end of the year or early 2022, President Duterte said in a final report to the nation. President Rodrigo Duterte receives his second shot of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine...
The Muntinlupa City government’s vaccination program has administered 288,638 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. Data as of July 27 showed that of the total, 174,456 individuals have received their first dose, or 45.22 percent of the target population of 385,725. A senior...
