So it can reach more communities and save more lives, the Rotary Club of Metro Batangas and Rotary International donated a multi-purpose truck and a LED TV to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Batangas Chapter. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) The virtual turnover event on Tuesday, 29, was attended...
With the highly contagious coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant lurking, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) strongly urged the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible. PH Red Cross warns public about the COVID-19 Delta variant, urges the public to get vaccinated. (Photo from PH Red Cross)...
The Paranaque City government temporarily suspended the city’s vaccination program on Tuesday, June 29, due to the non-availability of vaccines. The city’s Public Information Office (PIO) head, Mar Jiminez, said Mayor Edwin Olivarez ordered on June 28 the putting up of an advisory on the...
A total of 14,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines will be allocated to the 7,000 tourism industry workers in Davao who will initially get the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jab, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced Tuesday, June 29. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila...
Hundreds of residents from Cebu City who are under A1, A2, A3 priority lists which refer to medical frontliners, senior citizens, and people with comorbidities line up to receive Pfizer vaccines at the University of Cebu on May 19, 2021 (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of...
Two alleged fixers will be sued by the local government of Pasig City for selling vaccination slots to residents, Mayor Vico Sotto said on Tuesday (June 29). Sotto said one of the two individuals they identified was a profiler in one of the city's vaccination teams. "Definitely, charges will be...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia can begin inoculating COVID-19 vaccine for children immediately to prevent them from the coronavirus, President Joko Widodo said on Monday. Widodo said in a video statement that the national agency of drug and food control (BPOM) has issued an authorization for the...
President Duterte reminded local government units (LGUs) to prepare their cold storage facilities while waiting for the arrival of additional coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supply. President Rodrigo Duterte deliver a speech during the ceremonial signing of several laws in Malacañang on June 24,...
With the continued threat of coronavirus disease (COVID) and its more transmissible variants, the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) urged Monday, June 28, those who have already received the first dose of coronavirus vaccines to get their second dose “as soon as possible.” (Joe...
Malacañang welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo's drive-thru vaccination initiative, saying this would help to bring the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the people. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 will initiate an investigation to confirm the authenticity of a viral video showing a healthcare worker who failed to push the contents of the syringe during a vaccination event in Makati City. A healthcare worker sanitizes the arm of a vaccine...
It’s cute and informative (Still from Javier OE's Facebook page) While the entire Philippines is scared of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many Filipinos are still not onboard about getting inoculated. This "vaccine hesitancy" even urged President Duterte to threaten unwilling Pinoys saying, "If...
