The Las Pi ñas City government has started administering bivalent vaccines against Covid-19 to health workers and senior citizens in the city on Wednesday, July 26. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said, based on the advisory of the City Health Office (CHO), that all frontline health workers including...
Muntinlupa City now only has one active Covid-19 case following the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to lift the State of Public Health Emergency in the country. President Marcos issued Proclamation No. 297 on July 21, declaring that “all prior orders, memoranda, and issuances that...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Samuel Zacate reminded the public to never buy bivalent Covid-19 vaccines from online shops once more supplies arrive in the country. "Matik yan pag nakita ninyo sa online yan ibig sabihin bawal yan. Talagang dapat legitimate po. It's either yung...
A total of 48,354 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines have already been administered as of July 14, the health department advised. From this, 43,464 doses were inoculated to the A1 or healthcare workers group, while 4,890 doses were for the A2 or senior citizens group. The bivalent vaccine is being...
Mayon Volcano evacuees who fall under the A1 and A2 categories will soon receive their bivalent Covid-19 booster shots, Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Eric Tayag said in a media briefing on Monday, July 17. "Binigyan kami ng balita ng Bicol Region na sila ay magkakaroon din ng...
An infectious disease expert on Friday, July 7, cited the importance of elders getting inoculated with bivalent vaccines especially during the rainy season. In a webinar hosted by University of the Philippines (UP), infectious disease specialist Franco Felizarta explained that "based on all the...
The Muntinlupa City government will administer the Covid-19 Vaccine Pfizer Bivalent as a third booster shot to senior citizens after hospital workers. This was announced by City Health Office chief Dr. Juancho Bunyi on July 3 during the flag-raising ceremony at the Muntinlupa City Hall. ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminded in a media briefing on Friday, June 30, that a doctor's prescription will be required for purchasing bivalent Covid-19 vaccines once they become available in the country. The supplies will be sold by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, but the price and...
Muntinlupa City continued to show a downtrend in the weekly total number of active Covid-19 cases. From June 20 to 26, the City Health Office (CHO) recorded 13 active Covid-19 cases, a decrease by seven, or 35 percent, from 20 cases tallied from June 13 to 19. Bivalent vaccination screening at...
The Muntinlupa City government rolled out the administration of the Bivalent Covid-19 vaccine on health workers on June 23. Lithuania donated to the Philippines the Covid-19 Vaccine Pfizer Bivalent or the Tozinameran + Famtozinameran (Comimaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5). A health care worker...
Health workers at the Taguig-Pateros District Hospital were administered with the Bivalent Covid-19 vaccine on June 22. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said the Bivalent vaccine will ensure that health frontliners are protected against the sub variants of Covid-19 including Omicron. Mayor Lani...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, June 22 that there is an ongoing negotiation with the Covax facility to facilitate the country's request for two million doses of Covid-19 bivalent vaccines. *A vial of a Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine used for the A1 category at the FilOil EcoOil Centre...
