Allow employees to get second Covid-19 booster shots now. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepion made the urgent appeal on Wednesday as he raised the alarm that the country is currently "in the middle of an economic storm" and that "we need to protect people who are now keeping...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has expressed support to the proposal to limit the people entering airconditioned establishments to those who have a Covid-booster shot. “At tuluy-tuloy pa rin iyong ating kampanya na talaga ang panlaban dito sa Covid-19 ay...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has approved the recommendation to administer Covid-19 booster shots for adolescents aged 12 to 17. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has already signed this recommendation of the Health Technology...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The government is targeting to start administering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to immunocompromised children aged 12 to 17 next week, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. "We are looking at mid-next week to start with immunocompromised," said Health...
A nation that is made resilient by means of vaccination and adherence to health protocols may immediately be able to bounce back to normalcy even amid the threat of Covid-19 and its subvariants, a health expert said on Saturday, June 4. (Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) Health reform advocate and former...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has urged the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) to apply the guidelines adopted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the country's administration of second booster shots. Concepcion made the appeal on Monday, so the country...
As more infectious subvariants of Covid-19 emerge worldwide, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion called on medical and data experts to discuss measures to avert a highly contagious strain that is said to be more infectious than the "stealth Omicron." MB UPLIFT's awardee for...
In its bid to protect its communities, SM Development Corporation (SMDC) rolled out its COVID-19 pediatric vaccination program for kids from ages 5 to 11 in select properties. Ensuring a comfortable and worry-free vaccination site, the amenity areas in SMDC were transformed into safe kiddie...
OCTA Research fellow Professor Ranjit Rye, on Thursday, May 5, said that more than 70 percent of adult Filipinos are willing to get boosted against Covid-19. “More than 70 percent of adult FIlipinos who have taken the vaccine ay willing magpa-booster. Minority lang ang ayaw magpa-booster – nasa...
Less than a week before the 2022 elections, President Duterte urged the public to get their booster shots to protect themselves against Covid-19 when they cast their vote on May 9. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement amid projections of a surge in coronavirus cases...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 a doctor vaccinates a patient against Covid-19 at a vaccination center in Sonthofen, southern Germany, amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Germany's parliament on April 7, 2022 rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III has reiterated his call to redefine the "fully vaccinated" status to mean having received a booster shot against Covid-19 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported the first case of the new Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 in the...
