In a bid to increase vaccination uptake, decrease hesitancy and help curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO) on Tuesday, June 8, launched an information and education advocacy campaign. 'Bakuna, Now Na campaign' is an information and...
Majority of Philippine companies are not in a rush to mandate COVID-19 vaccination among employees, citing employers’ concerns about the safety of the vaccines as one of the major reasons for it. A Mercer survey conducted in February 2021 revealed that Philippine employers are not rushing to make...
While most Filipinos are getting tired of living with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over a year into quarantine, a significant portion of the population remains hesitant to get vaccinated. This hesitancy, according to experts and various studies, stems from concerns on the safety of vaccines and...
A vaccine passport may just be the Filipinos' ticket to a return to normal life. Workers wait for their vaccination inside SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site on June 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) The government has started working on the issuance of...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 8, called on the government, as well as the private sector to provide free transportation for senior citizens, persons with disability (PWDs) and indigent residents going to vaccination cites. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN) The chairperson of the Senate Committee...
After the national government kicked off the vaccination program for economic and government frontliners (A4), questions arise whether work-from-home (WFH) employees are also qualified to get the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine even if they are not going out of their homes and exposing...
DAVAO CITY - Former Defense Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro was eligible to receive his COVID-19 vaccine in Davao, the regional director of the Department of Health here said Monday (June 7). In an online press briefing here, Dr. Annabelle Yumang said Teodoro, who was a former representative for...
Local Government Units (LGUs) have continuously intensified their preparations in anticipation of the arrival of more coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the country this month, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, June 7. In a...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH)...
Very few adverse events have been reported among the Filipinos who got inoculated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a vaccine expert said Tuesday, June 8. Vaccinators inoculate workers belonging to the A4 priority group with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in...
The Taguig City government has announced that it will start administering vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for A4 priority group, or essential workers, on Wednesday (June 9). According to the Department of Health’s Memorandum 2021-0259 dated May 31, eligible to be classified as...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that teenagers aged 16 to 17 with comorbidities can be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using the...
