Special treats await those who get their vaccine shots There are more benefits to receive after getting your bakuna! While vaccines are now rolling out in different parts of the country, many Filipinos are still hesitant to participate and take their shots due to a number of reasons. Although the...
As more Filipinos get inoculated against the coronavirus, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is calling for "greater mobility" for vaccine recipients in the country. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Taguig City resident at a vaccination bus parked in...
National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon on Tuesday, June 1, said the AstraZeneca jabs set to expire on June 30 have already been administered as first doses. Las Pinas City residents line up to be inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines at SM Southmall (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
(Manila Bulletin/ File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) assured that the different COVID-19 vaccine storage facilities nationwide are ready amid the possibility of rotational power interruptions in some parts of Luzon. In a statement on Tuesday, June 1, the DOH said necessary steps were...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Monday night, May 31, that the country has the highest vaccine "throughput" in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) At a rate of at least 150,000 doses being administered daily, Galvez said the...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 1, urged the government to fast track the vaccination of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers so they could return to roads and help augment public transportation amid the coronavirus pandemic. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File...
Celebrity couple Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzalez have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Muntinlupa Tuesday. The two were vaccinated with the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Festival Mall upper ground floor parking area vaccination site in Alabang, one of...
The San Juan City local government inaugurated on Tuesday its newest vaccination site in Greenhills Shopping Center to further boost the city's vaccination program. (Screenshot from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook Live) The newest vaccination hub is located at theTheater Mall Cinemas 1 and 2 and was...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora inked on Friday two new Executive Orders (EO) to expand the city's vaccination program and encourage more San Juaneños to get vaccinated. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) Zamora said Executive Order No. 81 iencourages all employees of business...
The Philippines will be among the "priorities" of the United States (US) government in its planned distribution of some 80 million doses of surplus coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in their inventory, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed on Monday night, May 31. Secretary Carlito Galvez...
Which vaccines work best for which variants? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana As the Philippines surpasses five million vaccine doses administered, the rate of vaccination continues to accelerate and there is real progress in rolling back the pandemic. Countries that have vaccinated a significant...
A total of 5,180,721 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been administered under the Philippine government’s mass immunization program against the dreaded illness. MILESTONE REACHED--Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. reveals during President Duterte's public address on May 31, 2021 that...
