A fire broke out recently at the local health office of Zamboanga del Sur which damaged 148,678 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, authorities confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 2. (File photo) A joint statement from the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 and Inter-Agency Task Force...
The Quezon City government has started the COVID-19 vaccine registration for minors without comorbidities on Saturday, Oct. 30.
 The city government said individuals may choose a schedule for their vaccination from November 3 to November 6. (QUEZON CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FACEBOOK...
No adverse effects have been observed in the participants of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccines Trial (SVT) that was piloted in three hospitals in Metro Manila, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Sunday, Oct. 31. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Secretary...
Individuals in the most vulnerable areas in Batangas were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said on Saturday, Oct. 30. PRC Batangas vaccination In a statement, PRC said that through its Bakuna Bus and Bakuna Center, they have vaccinated a total of...
The Commission of Higher Education (CHED) is pushing for school-based vaccination to convince more students to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccination of college students at the Quezon City University (Photo from Prof Popoy De Vera FB page) “We want all schools, if...
To further ramp up the vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), local chief executives (LCEs) were challenged by the country’s national task force on pandemic response to think of innovative ways to encourage more people to get the life-saving jab. (L-R) Dr. Ted Herbosa,...
The government will be implementing “on time delivery” of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that require “ultra-low temperature” storage facilities, a special adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said Saturday, Oct. 30. The Philippines received 973,440 doses of...
More than one million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine were donated by Japan to the Philippines on Saturday noon, Oct. 30. The shipment carrying 1,065,600 doses of AstraZeneca jabs arrived around 12:30 p.m. at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 via...
To speed up the rollout of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, local government units (LGUs) were urged by the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to be creative in their inoculation strategies, including the conduct of house-to-house vaccination. Assistant Sec. Wilben Mayor (Photo: NTF...
As it strengthens its vaccination campaign for tertiary level, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is eyeing to tap medical students who are in their senior year and those who have recently graduated to serve as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinators in schools. (ALI VICOY / MANILA...
With high vaccination rate, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera on Thursday, Oct. 28, said that Metro Manila is considered as a “prime candidate” for the resumption of face-to-face classes for all degree programs in the tertiary level. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
A senior citizen in Muntinluap poses with the sign "we got fully vaccinated" after getting the single shot johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine (MunCoVac) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that more senior citizens will be encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after the...
