The Department of Health-Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) approved a parking area of an Alabang mall as an additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination site for Pfizer-BioNTech and Sputnik V in Muntinlupa. The new vaccination site at Festival Mall covered parking area...
South Sudan will return 72,000 doses of donated COVID-19 vaccines after concluding it cannot administer the jabs before they expire, a health ministry official told AFP on Tuesday. Arsene Mpiana / AFP PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN The country received 132,000 doses of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine in...
Senators on Tuesday, May 25, called on government to ramp up its efforts in inoculating Filipinos against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A senior citizen is inoculated with AstraZeneca's COVID -19 vaccine in Paranaque City on April 5, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Risa...
Majority of the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine supply is being distributed in the National Capital Region (NCR) and four other regions, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH The DOH said that more than half of the country's vaccine doses are being given to the NCR Plus 8 areas....
Syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are placed on a tray at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE) The country is set to conduct a study on the effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines on fully vaccinated Filipinos, an official of the Department...
DOST (Manila Bulletin File photo) Three other vaccine developers are interested in conducting a clinical trial in the Philippines for their respective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Tuesday, May 25. DOST Undersecretary Rowena...
National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said achieving herd immunity in the National Capital Region (NCR) before Christmas could be just around the corner. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Palace briefing on Tuesday, May 24, Dizon bared that the national government is...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, May 25, appealed to President Duterte, Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., and other concerned officials to consider giving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including seafarers, the appropriate and acceptable vaccines in their respective...
The planned mega vaccination site at the reclaimed Nayong Pilipino grounds in Parañaque City will boost the national government's inoculation program, according to National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon. (Nayong Pilipino Foundation website) Speaking to CNN Philippines...
Frankie Pangilinan Frankie Pangilinan, eldest child of Sharon Cuneta and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, has cleared her name on allegations she skipped the line to get a dose of COVID-19 vaccine. On Twitter, Frankie denied the allegation. "Hi, I didn’t want to make this a big deal but have you all ever...
The Taguig City government is supporting the investigation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) into the alleged sale of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination slots or schedules that has been reported in Mandaluyong and San Juan. COVID-19 vaccination in Taguig (Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Denmark plans to donate three million COVID-19 doses to developing countries this year through the Covax global sharing scheme, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. Syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are placed on a tray at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic (AFP/...
