San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Tuesday, March, 1, led the launch of the city's house-to-house COVID-19 booster shot vaccination program in Barangay San Perfecto. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) Zamora explained that the special vaccination was primarily intended for residents who are senior...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged the government to seek the participation of schools and Department of Education (DepEd) field units to increase the vaccination coverage in the pediatric population. Gatchalian, who is seeking re-election in the upcoming May 2022 elections said the...
Malacañang expressed confidence that the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe will not adversely affect the country's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the Philippines already has enough supply of COVID-19 vaccines. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Cabinet Secretary...
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded on Monday, Feb. 28 that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not yet over as various areas in the country de-escalates to Alert Level 1 status by March 1. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) During the Palace press briefing, Health...
As Metro Manila shifts to Alert Level 1 or the "New Normal" due to the declining number of active COVID-19 cases starting March 1, the Makati City government announced that it is now closing vaccination sites in schools and transferring them to barangay health centers. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez urged city residents to continue the discipline even as the National Capital Region (NCR) deescalates to Alert level 1 starting Tuesday, March 1. Olivarez issued the appeal during the virtual flag raising ceremony held at the City Hall quadrangle on Monday, Feb....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the government to intensify its efforts to further improve the country’s vaccination rate. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, reiterated his suggestion to expand mobile and house-to-house vaccination, inoculation drives in...
Senator Sonny Angara on Monday urged the government to ramp up the vaccination against COVID-19 while cases are declining on a daily basis. Angara said the current data is encouraging and provides a strong argument in support of the effectiveness of getting innoculated against COVID-19. “Just...
The Caloocan City government announced on Sunday, Feb. 27, that they have already vaccinated a total of 28, 813 children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of Feb. 25. The total number was released by the city's Health Department (CHD). In a Facebook post, Mayor Oscar...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has already administered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to over 600,000 children aged five to 11-years-old, the National Vaccination...
A total of 1,072 dogs and cats received anti-rabies shots from the Las Pinas City Veterinary Office to give the community and these pets protection against animal rabies. According to Paul San Miguel, Public Information Office (PIO) head, around 763 dogs and 336 cats were vaccinated on the first...
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax for use in the vaccination of children aged six to 11 in the European Union (EU) on Thursday, Feb. 24. Spikevax is now awaiting conditional marketing...
