ft.com The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that the first supply of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine— for children aged five to 11— will arrive in the Philippines by the end of this month or first week of February. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the...
The Paranaque City government has announced the start of the registration for ParanaquenYO: Bakuna Para Sa Yo (younger ones) for children aged 5 to 11. Mayor Edwin Olivarez encouraged parents of the younger population to register their children at https://paranaquecity.ph/paranaquenyo. He said the...
The Muntinlupa City government launched the registration for COVID-19 vaccination of minors aged 5 to 11 years old. Included in the registration are 5-to-11-year-olds with and without comorbidities. The registration was launched to make a master list of kids for vaccination while the city...
A timely Christmas present arrived on Friday, Dec. 24, with the arrival of 1,405,170 doses of Pfizer vaccine which could protect more Filipinos from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An airport personnel inspects the boxes which contain 1.4 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vacci e at NAIA...
ft.com The Department of Health (DOH) said that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program is not yet open for children aged five to 11 as the government still needs to procure the specific vaccine intended for them. "We would like to clarify that we are not yet administering COVID-19...
Residents of Manila who want to have their children, aged five to 11, to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can now pre-register them through Manila’s online vaccine registration facility, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced on Friday, Dec. 24. During a...
The additional 1,187,550 Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines procured by the national government arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Thursday evening, Dec. 23. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The arrival of the vaccines was welcomed by the National Task Force...
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for emergency use among children five to 11 years old. “Upon the review of the technical documents and evaluation of the...
More than 3.4-million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recently received by the Philippines from the United States (US). (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) Through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, US donated an...
Reports about the infighting between Foreign Affairs chief Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III have reached the Office of the President (OP), a Palace official confirmed on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PNA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In his virtual...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots depend on the vaccine brand administered in the primary series. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) This in reply to the question during a Laging Handa press briefing on the possibility of shortening...
As long as there is data available showing that a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can extend its original shelf life, it can be allowed, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang naibibigay lang namin talaga na expiration date o shelf...
