Senator Joel Villanueva on Sunday, July 25 called on the government to bring its COVID-19 vaccination drive to people in temporary shelters to make sure these evacuation sites would not become potential "super spreader" events. Evacuation centers, Villanueva pointed out, are "closed, confined, and...
The Navotas City government postponed the COVID-19 vaccination scheduled on July 26 due to flooding. In an announcement issued Sunday, the city government said all individuals who were set to receive their first dose on Monday will be re-scheduled. The Navotas City government's announcement on...
President Duterte has asked Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. to accommodate the "desperate calls" of some local government units (LGUs) for additional coronavirus (COVID-19) cases due to the surge of cases in different areas in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN/ROBINSON...
In a now-viral post, a physician shared from her experience how different coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines offer the same protection. (Photo from Dr. Anne Gabriel-Chan) To encourage the public to get vaccinated, Dr. Anne Gabriel-Chan of the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center shared...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano announced that the scheduled vaccination on July 24 was cancelled because of heavy rains that caused flooding in many parts of Metro Manila. Rubiano made the announcement in the city government’s official Facebook page, stressing that the move was to ensure...
The city government of Caloocan City has postponed the vaccination against COVID-19 on Saturday, July 24 due to heavy rain. In a Facebook post, Mayor Oca Malapitan announced that the vaccination sites will no longer accept individuals. “Dahil sa patuloy na masamang panahon at posibilidad na...
Now that he's fully vaccinated, social media influencer and online content creator Erwan Heussaff has shared his two cents about the "brand conscious." "Finally fully vaccinated with my 2nd dose of Sinovac today. Apparently, if I would have gotten vaccinated with any of the other Big 4, it’s not...
More than 1.1 million vaccines have been deployed in Manila since the city government launched its vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) last March. (Ali vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso confirmed in a Facebook post that the city...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is bracing for another round of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge amid looming threat from the more transmissible Delta variant. Philippine General Hospital (Photo from UP) "We are bracing and anticipating for a possible surge so we are trying to cover all...
As more and more Filipinos are being inoculated to protect them from COVID-19, especially its emerging strains, it is timely to acknowledge the benefactor-countries that have extended their assistance: the United States, Japan, and China. On July 16 and 17, the United States delivered a total of...
The city government of Navotas announced on Thursday that companions of senior citizens will also be inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine against COVID-19. “Ang Janssen ay para talaga sa mga senior citizens, pero may Vax 1, Take 1 po tayo sa ating pagbabakuna ng Janssen sa...
The Philippines has already started its yearlong “immunosurveillance” program on fully vaccinated Filipino adults to determine the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were granted emergency use authorization (EUA) in the country. (Photo by ALI VICOY/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
