Navotas City will start vaccinating COVID-19 booster shots to bedridden residents on Monday, Feb. 14. “We want Navoteños, especially those sick and vulnerable, to remain protected against COVID-19. If they can’t go to our vaccination sites, then we will bring the vaccines to them,” Mayor...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. encouraged residents in Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan on Friday, Feb. 11, to get their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots so that the local tourism industry can now be fully opened. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. strolls in Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan...
Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Thursday, Feb. 10, that the city of San Juan ranked first in pediatric vaccinations and booster jab deployment among all cities in Metro Manila. In his Facebook post, Zamora said that a total of 736 children have been vaccinated on the first day of vaccination for...
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine has shown to be effective against the Omicron variant, members of the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) stated on Monday, Jan. 13. A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen...
The Pateros municipal government is now allowing walk-ins for its drive-thru booster COVID-19 vaccination. This was announced by Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III on Jan. 28 after it was observed that the number of people getting booster shots has decreased. “We saw a decrease in the number of...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines Sputnik Light and Sinopharm are now allowed to be used as booster shots, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Friday,...
Several airport personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were vaccinated with booster shot against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, Jan. 28. The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) starts the booster vaccination against COVID-19 of airport employees at Ninoy...
Four out of five or 80 percent of vaccinated adult Filipinos are willing to get a booster dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Thursday, Jan. 27. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File...
Please don't get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news or updates from "Marites". (Ben White/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this appeal Tuesday, Jan. 25 as he--for the nth time--tried to dispell misleading information about COVID-19 that's being...
Education Secretary Leonor Briones encouraged teachers and non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) to take their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots once they were deemed eligible. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are reminding our personnel and offices to not wait...
Malacañang urged the public to not share disinformation about coronavirus (COVID-19) booster shots, stressing that the additional jab provides more protection against disease. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the...
The Municipality of Binangonan has urged its residents to get their COVID booster shots as an added protection against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to a Facebook post of the office of Mayor Cesar Ynares, it said that residents who are fully vaccinated for the past three months are...