It will be a better Christmas for Filipinos this year as more than 93 million people have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the National Task Force Against COVID-19 declared on Thursday, Dec. 9. Of the figure, a total of 10,254,560 of them were given during the...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. heaped praises on molecular biologist Father Nicanor Austriaco on Monday night, Dec. 6, for helping the country address the challenges of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. holds a virtual press briefing on Nov. 28, 2021...
President Duterte gave due thanks on Monday night, Dec. 6 to Filipino frontliners for their "impressive" feat of bringing the number of new daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections back down to the triple-digit range. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Better days ahead because...
The country clinched the fourth spot in the global rankings of nations with the highest daily vaccination rate, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, Dec. 3. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) The feat was achieved during the first day of the National Vaccination...
The country is now beginning to prepare the healthcare system to mitigate the effects of the Omicron variant since officials believe that it is only a “matter of time” before it arrives. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. says the government is already preparing the healthcare system ahead of the...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday urged the government to consider the private sector’s call for booster shots for employees noting there is already a steady supply of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. Angara, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee and primary sponsor of the COVID-19...
Vaccinating nine million individuals in a span of three days will be the biggest and “most ambitious” program of the government to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Monday, Nov. 29. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks at the ceremonial...
Have you already disposed your face shields? The national government hopes not as it is already eyeing this equipment to help fight the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. The re-implementation of a policy which requires the mandatory use of face shields in public places is now being...
The government of Russia donated 5,000 doses of Sputnik Light coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to the Philippines on Friday, Nov. 19, its first ever supply of the said one-dose jab. The vaccines arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 along with the 2,805,000 doses of...
Healthcare workers at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City were among the first to get the booster shots provided by the national government as “early Christmas gifts” to them after its administration was officially launched on Wednesday, Nov. 17. A healthcare...
A total of 3,530,400 doses of CoronaVac vaccine arrived in the country on Wednesday, Nov. 17, which completed the government’s purchase order of 52 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from China-based manufacturer Sinovac Biotech. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. faces the media during...
More than 1.3 million doses of Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine were delivered at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 on Tuesday, Nov. 16. The shipment carrying 1,353,800 doses of the government-procured jabs arrived via China Airlines flight CI703 around 9: 30 a.m....
