Senator Nancy Binay on Friday commended the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for moving to include workers in hotels operating as quarantine or isolation facilities in the A1 priority group saying this would boost the government’s efforts in the COVID-19 vaccination program. The IATF’s decision,...
Incentives in the form of grocery packs were given to Muntinlupa residents after they were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Muntinlupa City Masonic Lodge 414 partnered with the city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) to give gifts to residents who will get inoculated....
The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) announced on Thursday, May 27, its plan to vaccinate its employees and students against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through its university vaccination program. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a memorandum released on Thursday, Ateneo President Roberto...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday, May 27, related to show business the mistake of President Duterte's spokesperson of attributing to Vice President Leni Robredo the call for a joint informercial on COVID-19 vaccines. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020....
Senator Aquilino ''Koko'' Pimentel III on Thursday, May 27, reiterated that health authorities should immediately start vaccinating those who who are willing to be inoculated. ’’Some who are not on the priority list are excited to be vaccinated. Some who are prioritized don’t plan to get...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A 100-year-old grandmother here showed no fear when she was inoculated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine last May 25. Josefa Milagros Vallo’s courage has inspired many residents, including senior citizens, to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Vallo, who recently...
Incentive programs may help counter coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos, a sociologist said Thursday, May 27. Hundreds of residents from Cebu City who are under A1, A2, A3 priority lists which refer to medical frontliners, senior citizens, and people with comorbidities...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza What a turnaround! SWS points to Sinovac, the made-in-China vaccine, as the top choice of Filipinos, 39 percent. This, after months of bad press. Just as surprisingly, the US-made Pfizer was only second choice, 32 percent. And yet, another survey, done “during the same...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) There have been no deaths directly linked to COVID-19 vaccines so far in the Philippines, health authorities said Wednesday, May 26. The National Adverse Events Following Immunization Committee (NAEFIC) made this assurance amid the four million vaccine doses...
Citing the Philippines' low inoculation rate, a health expert on Wednesday, May 26, said fully vaccinated senior citizens should still stay home "and be more patient." A vaccinator from the Manila Health Department Office inoculates a Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19 to a senior citizen inside her...
A barangay in Muntinlupa is offering 25 kilos of rice to entice people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Barangay Sucat, headed by Chairman Raffy Sevilla, launched the “Bigas sa Bakuna” raffle promo on May 24 to those who will get the jab at Sucat covered court....
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said on Wednesday, May 26, that he is going to use his subpoena power on those involved in the sale of vaccine and vaccination slots in order to expedite the ongoing investigation of the police. This, as investigators...
