The Pateros municipal government has vaccinated 73 percent of its target population with the first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine and is aiming to reach 100 percent this month. As of July 8, 35,937 individuals in Pateros have received the first dose, or 73.34 percent of the...
More than 800 employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Central Office in Batasan Hills, Quezon City have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DSWD personnel receive their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a...
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) is pushing for the placement of a security mark on the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination cards as part of the measures to prevent them from being faked. In an interview over ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo, LPP national president and Marinduque...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 8 urged the Inter-Agency Task Force to accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination rollout to gain momentum against emerging new variants of the coronavirus. Hontiveros lamented that the current pace of the national vaccination program in the country remained...
At least 3,000 tourism workers from the world-famous Boracay Island in Aklan comprise the first batch of local workers that are set to be inoculated against the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Department of Tourism) Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat...
More than one million individuals have registered for vaccination in the city of Manila, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said on Wednesday. (Manila City PIO) Domagoso said 1,247,654 individuals, have pre-registered at manilacovid19vaccine.ph as of July 7, 1:00 p.m. In a Facebook post,...
Parañaque will resume its first dose vaccination by mid-July, Mayor Edwin Olivarez said Wednesday. (Mayor Edwin Olivarez / MANILA BULLETIN) The city’s first dose vaccination has been suspended since July 2, Friday, and only second dose vaccinations are being conducted in Paranaque. In an...
The Provincial Government of Batangas has taken advantage of the ‘mass gathering’ in evacuation centers of residents affected by the Taal Volcano rumblings to conduct vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on the latest data, at least 40 evacuees from Agoncillo town were...
More than 40,000 military and civilian personnel of the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Lorenzana said a total of 40,059 DND...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have been fully inoculated abroad from the coronavius disease (COVID-19) should have their vaccination cards validated by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) before coming back to the Philippines. (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) Thus, said Department of...
The decision on whether or not to accept vaccination cards as an alternative entry requirement for fully vaccinated travelers rests with the local government units (LGUs), Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. A medical worker administers a Sinovac jab during the...
Pre-COVID and post-COVID vaccine care VAXXED OR BUST A health worker administers a coronavirus shot to a Las Pinas resident at a vaccination site, May 2021 (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Although you are one with the world in the pursuit of eradicating the vicious COVID-19 pandemic, you may still have some...
