Fully vaccinated individuals have reached 65 percent of the total population in Taguig, the city government said. As of Sept. 26, 565,389 individuals have been fully vaccinated in Taguig, or 65 percent of the estimated total population 872,980 based on the Department of Health’s 2021 projection....
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is about to hit a milestone with half of the adult population fully inoculated. Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Xinhua) According to data released by the Department of Health, 74.1 percent of Australians aged 16 and older have received at...
Local government units (LGUs) should not require the public to present their voter’s identification cards (ID) before providing essential services like medical assistance or cash aid nor is it needed to register for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program, the Department of the...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday, Sept. 23 said it cannot be denied that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the dynamics in the country’s employment system and, thus, the government and the private sector should now intensify their vaccination program. Speaking at the 2021 Congress of the...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. asked Vice President Leni Robredo to see the bigger picture in the national inoculation program against COVID-19 before criticizing the government for its supposed "slow" pandemic response. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. addresses queries from the media during the...
A senior citizen in Muntinluap poses with the sign "we got fully vaccinated" after getting the single shot johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine (MunCoVac) Over 18 million people in the Philippines have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), data from the national...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will further strengthen its pandemic response efforts after receiving P5,245,000 million donation from Procter & Gamble (P&G). Photo from Philippine Red Cross “I would like to thank P&G for their generous donation to the Red Cross to help in alleviating...
Despite accusations and allegations hurled against the country’s premier humanitarian organization, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said that it will continue to extend help and assist people who are in need amidst these trying times. PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon (Photo from...
The Philippine government is expected to receive 14.89 million doses of vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before the month of September ends, the National Task Force against COVID-19 said as the government’s strives to do more in its inoculation program that would include 12-17...
More than 3,000 minors aged 12 to 17 years old registered on the first day of the Muntinlupa City government’s vaccination program. The city government launched Tuesday the online vaccination registration for 12 to 17-year-old Muntinlupa residents. On-site vaccination in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday urged the government to accelerate efforts to get more Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines into the country as takers of the Russian-made jabs fear losing the efficacy of the first dose of their shot. Rodriguez said almost 300,000 Filipinos who were...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Philippines to intensify its efforts in vaccinating its elderly population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as he described the rollout of the vaccination program for senior citizens as “unfortunate” and...
