The Quezon City government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is expected to reach the 1 million mark on Thursday, August 5 . “By tomorrow we would have hit already 1 million persons, 1 million persons in Quezon City would have already received at least one dose,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a...
The Philippines administered record-high 680,883 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines on Tuesday, Aug. 3, National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon announced Wednesday, Aug. 4. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Dizon said the country has already administered...
The Muntinlupa City government will continue its COVID-19 vaccination program even under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) which will be implemented in Metro Manila on Aug. 6 to 20. In an announcement, the Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) said “The vaccination in...
There is a “good possibility” that the United States’ donation of the coronavirus vaccines was one of the reasons why President Duterte recalled his order to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Monday, August 2. President Rodrigo Duterte...
A public health expert hopes that the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will result in a "drastic" decrease of the projected Delta cases in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Without intervention, active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines...
The Manila city government has called for volunteers for the 24/7 vaccination in the city, Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Monday (August 2). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Kung sinumang lisensiyadong puwedeng magbakuna, idu-duty ko kayo sa gabi (Whoever...
A doctor on Sunday, August 1, urged the public to get vaccinated with any vaccine brand available during the two-week lockdown in Metro Manila amid the threat of the Delta variant. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Para sa mga nagdadalawang-isip sa bakuna: Kailangang magpabakuna ngayon na kahit anong...
The Manila City government broke again its daily vaccination record with 44,570 vaccines administered on Saturday (July 31). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government, through the Manila Health Department (MHD), administered a total of 1,328,713 COVID-19 vaccine...
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trial (SVT) and the Philippines’ study on the safety and efficacy of mixing and matching five coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs will push through amid Metro Manila’s shift to the most restrictive lockdown starting next week. (Photo by...
An infectious disease expert on Saturday, July 31, stressed the importance of vaccination as a document released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the more transmissible Delta variant is as "contagious as chickenpox." (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) The CDC...
Due to the increasing demand for COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines, Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian has announced that Beijing will donate more to increase the country's vaccine supply. Huang made this announcement in his remarks during the inauguration of the China-funded...
