(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Thirty-five percent of adult Filipinos or about 25 million individuals have already received at least one dose of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)--with Metro Manila having the highest and the Visayas having the lowest vaccination rates, based on a...
Anakalusugan Party-list Representative Michael Defensor has called the proposal to exclude the 4.4 million household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps from receiving their conditional cash grants if they do not get vaccinated against COVID-19 as “oppressive and...
More than 20,000 minors in the city of Manila have received their first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Nov. 6. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the city's bulletin, a total of 22,165 minors including those with comorbidities have received their...
Hundreds of staff and volunteers were deployed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) nationwide to reinforce the vaccination drive in various local government units (LGUs), the agency said on Saturday, November 6, 2021. In a statement, PRC said that more than 2,300 people were vaccinated in one day...
Two Bakuna Centers are being prepared by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for accreditation and greenlight to vaccinate children without comorbidities aged 12-17 years old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the agency announced Friday, Nov. 5. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – The provincial government kicked off its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive for minors aged 12 to 17 years. Gov. Ramil L. Hernandez / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN According to the Laguna Provincial Information Office, 341 minors with comorbidities have...
Given the calls to further protect the healthcare workers and senior citizens from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by giving them booster shots, the Food and Drug Administration reiterated that the vaccination of those who still have not received a single dose stands as the top priority....
Local government units (LGUs) need more time gain ground as the national government had set its sight in ramping up the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive, the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) announced Friday, Nov. 5. League of Provinces of the Philippines...
A total of 142 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) as its "Bakuna Bus" returned to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Kalibo, Aklan, the agency said on Thursday, November 4. In a statement, PRC...
NOVELETA, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) here kicked off its vaccination for minors aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday (Nov. 3). Fifty minors with comorbidities were inoculated on the first day of pediatric vaccination and the municipal government is set to increase the number of vaccines...
The local government of Caloocan City started the COVID-19 vaccination of minors aged 12-17 without comorbidities on Wednesday, Nov.3. According to the city government, all minors who were vaccinated against COVID-19 were accompanied by their parents or guardians. (CALOOCAN CITY PIO/MANILA...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, Nov. 3, said the local government has already exceeded its target COVID-19 vaccinations for the adult population. "Actually, naabot na namin yung target natin na 1.7 million (we already reached our 1.7 million target) which is 80 percent of our adult...
