President Duterte has not experienced any ill effects from his Sinopharm booster shot, Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Nograles made this revelation Wednesday, Jan. 19 during a television interview even as...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he recently received his coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shot. “Yes, I had mine three weeks ago,” said Duque in a forum on Wednesday, Jan. 12. It was reported...
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...
The Philippine Army (PA) has started administering booster shots to its personnel and dependents as part of its ramped up vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a military official said Friday night, Jan. 7. A Philippine Army soldier receives his booster shot against COVID-19...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the Philippines has secured about $800 million worth of financing from multilateral development banks (MDBS) in December to ensure the government has funds to procure coronavirus booster shots. Finance Undersecretary Bayani H. Agabin said on Friday, Jan. 7, that...
President Duterte confirmed on Thursday night, Jan. 6 that he has received his booster shot against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte was holding his second "Talk to the People" public briefing this week when he revealed in a throwaway line...
Cities and municipalities that have reached their target vaccination coverage against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) need to strengthen their booster vaccination program to ensure that the protection of the people will be sustained. Healthcare workers wait for their booster shot in Muntinlupa...
A booster or the third shot of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine provides up to 90 percent of protection against the highly transmissible Omicron variant, said Vaccine Expert Panel Chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani on Monday, Jan. 3. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Ang magandang balita ay ang...
The number of fully vaccinated individuals in Muntinlupa has reached more than 371,000 and the city government has started administering booster shots under the new shortened interval schedule. Based on the latest data from the Muntinlupa City government’s City Health Office (CHO), as of Dec. 22,...
A Taguig healthcare worker (in yellow) receives her Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot at SM Aura in Taguig (Ali Vicoy) The Philippines has allowed the administration of COVID-19 booster shots for fully vaccinated adult individuals three months after receiving their second dose, the Department of...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, Dec. 18, shared that she got chills and an on-and-off fever after getting her coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster jab. Vice President Leni Robredo receives her second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Quezon City on Aug....
Nearly 364,000 individuals are now fully vaccinated in Muntinlupa, according to the city government. Latest tally as of Dec. 12 showed that 363,688 persons have been fully vaccinated or 94 percent of the target population of 385,725, which is 70 percent of the estimated total population of...
