Two health experts urged the national government to accelerate the vaccination drive as the Philippines recorded 16 new cases of the highly contagious Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Of the 16 new cases, 11 were considered as local cases, which have been...
The country received an additional 1.5 million doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech on Saturday morning, July 17. Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech delivers 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 jabs to the Philippines on July 17,...
The Manila city government will release the second dose vaccines from its own storage facility to be used as first dose starting on Monday (July 19) after two cases of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant were detected in the city. (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "We, the city...
The Philippines has sounded the alarm on the significant gap in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination in the world as 80 percent of the global vaccine supply went to high- and upper-middle-income countries. DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Marian Jocelyn T. Tirol-Ignacio delivers the Philippines’...
President Duterte said it was about time that the world thought of having internationally recognized vaccination certificates to restart economies that have reeled from the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte delivers his Intervention at the Asia-Pacific...
President Duterte expressed concern about a great imbalance in access to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, saying the pandemic has become an "unforgiving race to immunity" due to the lack of bold, collaborative responses to the situation. President Duterte delivers his Intervention at the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, July 16, that the investigator’s brochures on the four vaccine brands that will be used in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) have already been under review by its expert panel. (Photo by ALI VICOY/...
More than 1.6 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Friday afternoon, July 16. In this file photo taken on May 7, 2021, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are seen on a table at a vaccination clinic in Los...
The management of Festival Mall in Alabang has issued a statement regarding Muntinlupa’s decision to suspend vaccination at the mall on Thursday. “In light of the recent news that Muntinlupa City has temporarily suspended its vaccination operations at Festival Mall, we would like to express our...
A China Airlines flight carried 1.15 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines into the country on Friday morning, July 16. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The latest batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, which was purchased by the private sector,...
Local government units (LGUs) that will end up mishandling the supply of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines allotted to them will pay a heavy price, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. warned Friday, July 16. Hundreds of residents from Cebu City who are under A1, A2, A3 priority--which refer to...
SM Supermalls administered its one-millionth COVID-19 vaccine dose during its ceremonial 1 millionth Jab event at the SM Mega Trade Hall on Wednesday, July 14. The event, which also marked a major milestone for SM Supermalls as the first single partner of the government to reach a million jabs, was...
