Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said that the planned construction of the mega vaccination center at the Nayong Pilipino will not be detrimental to the residents of the city. (Photo from Nayong Pilipino Foundation) In an interview over DZMM, Olivarez mentioned that the lot where the mega...
Vital signs screening will no longer be required before COVID-19 vaccination, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, May 14. DOH/MB The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has approved this recommendation made by the Philippine...
President Duterte wanted coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to be distributed to the local government units (LGUs) immediately, saying he will not accept it if the country will lose the fight against COVID-19 just because the shots expired due to negligence. President Duterte talks to the people after...
President Duterte has expressed his gratitude to the private sector for their "tremendous assistance" to the government as the country continued to grapple with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with core members of the...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III reiterated the importance for the public to have themselves listed in their respective areas in preparation for their vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
Malacanang will instruct the “subcontractors” hired by the government to speed up the deployment of both the AstraZeneca and Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines in order to meet the suggested expiry of the jabs, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday. Presidential Spokesman Harry...
Medical frontliners in the City of Manila have started getting the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Sta. Ana Hospital on Thursday, May 13. ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN In a statement, the local government said that 210 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been deployed to...
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out COVID-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for the dozens of developing countries reliant on the controversial Chinese shot, which performed far worse than western vaccines in clinical trials. In this file photograph taken on March...
Norway will drop AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from its immunisation programme due to concerns over rare side effects, and offer Johnson & Johnson's jab only to volunteers while it remains suspended, the government announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Erna Solberg told a press conference the...
The Manila city government will start inoculating the medical frontliners with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday (May 13). A total of 7,020 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at the Sta. Ana Hospital on Tuesday night (May 11). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The country is aiming to inoculate more than 70,000 people per day next month as more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said. A health worker prepares to inject a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination hub in Makati City (ALI VICOY...
The Philippines must improve its vaccination efforts to protect more Filipinos from the B.1617 variant or the "double mutant" first traced to India, an infectious disease expert said Wednesday, May 12. Manila residents from A1 to A3 groups receive their 2nd dose of Sinovac vaccines during the...
