The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Nov. 26, that more than 3,000 participants of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Trial for Vaccines in the country have already received their first dose of jabs against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN...
One of the 17 "Bakuna" buses of the Philippine Red Cross returned to the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila to vaccinate students as limited face-to-face classes begin, the organization said on Friday, Nov. 26. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) "We are looking to...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is encouraging its program beneficiaries to get inoculated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The DSWD said as an expression of support to the upcoming National Vaccination Days in the country from Nov. 29 to Dec....
The Philippine Red Cross' (PRC) "Bakuna" Bus travelled to different barangays in Aklan to vaccinate more individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a continuous aim to curb the spread of the virus, the organization said on Wednesday, Nov. 24. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red...
Booster shots are now available for residents in Bataan through the efforts of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and its "Bakuna" Center, the organization said on Wednesday, Nov. 24. In a statement, PRC said that its Bakuna Center in Bataan provided booster doses to 22 individuals belonging to...
Government workers who will be absent for getting vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may be considered excused, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18,...
Vaccination remains to be the key component in continually reducing deaths due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) emphasized. Hospital staff take out a body from an ambulance at a mortuary in New Delhi on May 24, 2021 (AFP/ FILE) In a media briefing on Tuesday,...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,153 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Nov. 23. DOH The update on the newly-reported COVID-19 cases brings the country's tally since the onset of the pandemic to 2,827,820. Active infections stood at 18,721 which accounts for 0.7 percent...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has vaccinated a total of 1000 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Laguna Provincial Jail, the organization said on Monday, Nov. 22. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, PRC...
There are differences in each country's approach on how it will transition into "living with the virus", the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Monday, Nov. 22. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN) For the case of the Philippines, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that one of the...
Staff and volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) supported the vaccination of a total of 740 individuals at the government-run Bakuna Center at the Athletic Bowl drive-thru in Baguio City every Wednesday since it opened on Nov. 8. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
The Philippine Red Cross has opened its EDSA Boni Bakuna Center this week for walk-in adult vaccinations, the organization announced on Wednesday, Nov. 17. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, the PRC said that the move was done as they continue to help...
