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...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the country’s vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), placed himself under isolation after being exposed to several infected staff. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Galvez attended the...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) may have fallen short of its target in fully vaccinating 54 million Filipinos by the end of 2021 but this does not deter them to set new goals and protect as many lives as possible this 2022. A woman gets her COVID-19 vaccine...
To counter the Omicron variant, the National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) will adopt an enhanced version of the strategy that was used to beat the Delta variant. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Under the said strategy, NTF chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said the...
Hotels and other leisure facilities used as quarantine sites will now be subjected to inspection following the reported breach of quarantine procedures in a posh Makati City establishment, the National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) said Friday, Dec. 31. A medical...
Anakalusugan Representative Mike Defensor on Thursday, Dec. 30 urged Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque lll and national vaccination czar Carlito Galvez to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines to vaccination centers in Quezon City and other parts of the country. Defensor made the...
The second round of the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” National Vaccination Days concluded in six regions on Friday, Dec. 17. Vaccination of higher education personnel (Photo from CHED) Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. expressed optimism that the massive three-day campaign will hit its target of seven...
As it accommodates recipients from other regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) has fully vaccinated more than 100 percent of its target population which gives them sufficient protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed Monday night, Dec. 13....
More than seven million individuals age 12- to 17-years-old have acquired protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through vaccination. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends the "Talk to the People" public address of President Duterte on Dec. 13, 2021. (Screenshot from RTVM...
BACOOR CITY – The city government is optimistic that it will achieve herd immunity against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among adults during the second run of Bayanihan, Bakunahan from Dec. 15 to 17. Lani M. Revilla / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN "We are confident that we will reach our...
The Philippines is the “best country” in the world to celebrate Christmas due to its consistently improving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. declared on Monday, Dec. 13. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. visits a mega vaccination site in Bacoor City,...
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said the government is making a “work plan” to dismantle known private armed groups (PAGs) in Mindanao and make the national and local elections in 2022 more peaceful. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Galvez, special adviser of the...
