(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said that Metro Manila may begin to reopen the economy once it has vaccinated 25 percent to 30 percent of its population. He said that aside from decreasing Metro Manila's number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and hospital...
Getting Filipinos vaccinated against the coronavirus disease will be one of the priorities of President Duterte in the final year of his six-year term. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation drive at a school in Tondo, Manila on June 20, 2012....
A few days after the arrival of Moderna vaccines in the country, San Juan City started on Wednesday the use of the said vaccines in its COVID-19 vaccination program. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo by Patrick Garcia) The launch was held at the FilOil Flying V Centre, San Juan's main...
The Manila city government resumed its mass vaccination for A1 to A5 priority groups on Wednesday, June 30. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said that the Certificate of Analysis (COA) for the vaccines has been received by the...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The COVID-19 vaccination in the United States is slowing down while the highly transmissible Delta variant has spread to nearly every state, fueling experts' fear about potential COVID-19 spikes. The 7-day average number of administered COVID-19 vaccine doses per day...
So it can reach more communities and save more lives, the Rotary Club of Metro Batangas and Rotary International donated a multi-purpose truck and a LED TV to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Batangas Chapter. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) The virtual turnover event on Tuesday, 29, was attended...
With the highly contagious coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant lurking, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) strongly urged the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible. PH Red Cross warns public about the COVID-19 Delta variant, urges the public to get vaccinated. (Photo from PH Red Cross)...
The Paranaque City government temporarily suspended the city’s vaccination program on Tuesday, June 29, due to the non-availability of vaccines. The city’s Public Information Office (PIO) head, Mar Jiminez, said Mayor Edwin Olivarez ordered on June 28 the putting up of an advisory on the...
A total of 14,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines will be allocated to the 7,000 tourism industry workers in Davao who will initially get the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jab, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced Tuesday, June 29. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila...
Hundreds of residents from Cebu City who are under A1, A2, A3 priority lists which refer to medical frontliners, senior citizens, and people with comorbidities line up to receive Pfizer vaccines at the University of Cebu on May 19, 2021 (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of...
Two alleged fixers will be sued by the local government of Pasig City for selling vaccination slots to residents, Mayor Vico Sotto said on Tuesday (June 29). Sotto said one of the two individuals they identified was a profiler in one of the city's vaccination teams. "Definitely, charges will be...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia can begin inoculating COVID-19 vaccine for children immediately to prevent them from the coronavirus, President Joko Widodo said on Monday. Widodo said in a video statement that the national agency of drug and food control (BPOM) has issued an authorization for the...
