Shunning VIP (very important person) treatment, Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, May 19, received the first dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine together with 18 staff from the Office of the Vice President (OVP). In a Facebook post, Robredo said that all of them are under the A3...
As more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines become available in the country, many people may have questions about whether one type of vaccine is better than another. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) However, Dr. Lulu Bravo of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination, maintained that it...
President Duterte reiterated his order to prioritize the police and military men in the ongoing vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), underscoring their important role in keeping the country safe amid the pandemic. President Duterte delivers his public address (File Photo:...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Wednesday (May 19) that local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila will soon begin vaccinating economic frontliners under the A4 category. A senior citizen inoculated with AstraZeneca COIVD -19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on...
As the government plans to speed its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inoculation program, the eighth shipment of Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech in the country will arrive on Thursday morning, May 20, carrying 500,000 doses of procured CoronaVac vaccines. In an advisory Wednesday, May 19, the...
A public health expert on Wednesday, May 19, has backed the government's target to inoculate a significant population in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces to achieve NCR Plus herd immunity. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Tony Leachon said the...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) said it is not yet the right time to implement a vaccine pass policy that will only allow fully vaccinated individuals to enter indoor establishments. (BLOOMBERG) MMC Chairman and Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the policy will be “unfair” given that only few...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" believes that herd immunity can be achieved in the country by September this year through continuous vaccination. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government broke its own record with 15,763 vaccines deployed in a single day on Monday...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Wednesday, May 19, to coordinate with the Department of Health (DOH) and the local government units (LGUs) to expedite the delivery of vaccines to the...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, May 19, all police regional and provincial directors to start coordinating with the Department of Health for the identification of police camps that could be used as vaccination sites amid the...
More than 1.5 billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been injected into people's arms around the world, six months after the vaccination drive started, according to an AFP count. Buddhist monks are injected with the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Priest Hospital in Bangkok on May...
The world's largest vaccine maker said Tuesday it hopes to resume delivering COVID-19 jabs to Covax and other countries by the end of this year, after India restricted exports to combat a massive rise in infections at home. The Serum Institute of India has been producing hundreds of millions of...
