The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Jan. 15, that 5,901 participants of the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trials in the country have already received their first dose of jabs against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Amid the new surge of coronavirus cases in the country, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo has postponed campaign-related activities to focus on her office’s COVID-19 response programs, her spokesman said. Vice President Leni Robredo oversees the Swab Cab operations at the...
FDA The number of adverse reactions among people who were vaccinated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines remains minimal, data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showed. The FDA said that of the 108,757,357 vaccine doses administered as of Jan. 2, there have been 85,717 adverse...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi announced that the city has reached herd immunity, with 85 percent of its target population already fully-vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of Jan. 11. A total of 288,348 people have been given their second dose while 294,763...
Various transport groups, legislators, as well as the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAP) have expressed their support for the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) decision to ban unvaccinated individuals from using public transportation in Metro Manila. Commuters in Philcoa,...
The local government of Malabon said individuals who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine outside the city can pre-register to get their second dose in its vaccination sites. Individuals who want to get their booster shot may also pre-register at https://bit.ly/MalabonVaccination. After...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has started rolling out booster shots for fully vaccinated workers in the tourism industry as an added protection against the recent spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country. A tourism worker receives his first COVID-19 jab during the mass vaccination for...
Philippine General Hospital Director Dr. Gerardo "Gap" Legaspi said Wednesday, Jan. 12, that vaccines are the "game-changer" in the fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) "Of course, the vaccination is probably the game-changer. The vaccination the...
The Quezon City government will give incentives to ambulant vendors, market vendors and employees if they get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19. The Quezon City Council enacted an ordinance regulating the mobility of unvaccinated individuals in the city and signed by Mayor Joy Belmonte. A...
Mayor Francisco “isko Moreno” Domagoso announced that Manila’s drive-thru booster vaccination program for motorcycle riders and cyclists will be extended to Wednesday, Jan. 12. During a nightly livestream update on Tuesday, Jan. 11, Domagoso announced the extension of the city’s drive-thru...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – A 101-year-old female resident got her coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shot through the city government's house-to-house vaccination program. Emmanuel Maliksi / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook post on Monday (Jan. 11), Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi shared photos...
SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian and Canadian study has found that childhood COVID-19 vaccination not only leads to high relative reductions in child disease and mortality, but also benefits adults, particularly the unvaccinated. The findings, published in MedRxiv and released by the Griffith...
