Metro Manila cities and its lone municipality are racing to reach the finish line when their targeted numbers of people have been vaccinated to achieve "population protection" or "herd immunity" against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Leading the cities is San Juan. As of June 19, the city, led...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, June 22 maintained that the key to the resumption of face-to-face classes is getting teachers and students inoculated against the coronavirus disease or COVID-19. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said he sees...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, June 22 said the government should first “arrest” the problem of having sufficient coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supply before moving to haul off to jail those who refuse to get vaccinated. “We have a problem with supply. It’s not as if our people do not...
President Duterte is still opposed to the resumption of face-to-face classes for now especially in the wake of threats from the contagious Delta coronavirus variant. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)...
The private sector has Vice President Leni Robredo’s gratitude as she recognized on Monday, June 21, the work they did in helping the government in its COVID-19 response by shouldering the cost of vaccinating their employees in order to attain herd immunity. Vice President Leni Robredo delivers...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday welcomed the arrival of experts from Israel who will assist in the Philippine government’s COVID-19 vaccination program. De Lima thanked the Israel’s Ministry of Health for helping out the country in rolling out the COVID-19 vaccines and hopes that...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to accelerate its current vaccination rate before the more virulent Delta variant starts wreaking havoc in the country. The IATF itself has confirmed there are already 13 cases of the Delta variant in the country, but health...
Malacañang stressed that not following health protocols was the main contributor to the spike of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in some parts of the country. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after...
A total of 8,407,342 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered as of June 20, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. DOH/MB Data released by the DOH showed that 6,253,400 have received their first dose, while 2,153,942 have already completed the...
While pointing out there was no need for such a policy at present, Malacañang said the government will study the suggestion to segregate in workplaces those who were already vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and those who are yet-- or do not want to-- take the jab....
Around 1,200 Valenzuela City residents belonging to indigent groups have already received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This came after the local government rolled out on Sunday its vaccination program for the A-5 category. Valenzuela City LGU The local government said members of the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday, June 21 urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to put in place mechanisms that would protect the country’s health care workers (HCWs) from acquiring the Delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease to abate a collapse of...
