Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has set a 180-day target starting this month to achieve herd immunity in the National Capital Region (NCR) and six other provinces. This could be done by increasing the daily vaccination to 120,000 in Metro Manila, according to Galvez who is also the chief...
There is “no other solution” to the COVID-19 pandemic but the vaccines, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Secretary Joey Concepcion said on Tuesday, May 4, adding that the business community might be pushed to support Congress on making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory in the country....
A lawmaker has proposed to mandate the Department of Health (DOH) to prioritize the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to third, fourth, fifth and sixth-class municipalities of the Philippines. A frontline health worker of Davao City receives the first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine at the COVID-19...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. proposed to President Duterte on Monday night, May 3, a lower target in the national government's inoculation program in order for the country to achieve herd immunity by the end of 2021. Galvez, vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF)...
Six key factors will help the national government achieve its goal of herd immunity by the end of the year, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. bared late Monday night, May 3. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, Unity) This, as the...
It’s a new day in the United States and Israel as their governments finally lifted the wearing of masks in outdoor spaces, something that Vice President Leni Robredo’s camp wishes for the Philippines to achieve, too. Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez (OVP photo) Lawyer...
Filipinos will need to wait until 2031 to attain herd immunity against coronavirus disease if the government fails to vaccinate at least 300,000 people every day, Vice President Leni Robredo’s camp said on Sunday, May 2. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesman, warned that for the country...
The government is not backing down from its goal to vaccinate 70 million Filipinos this year in a bid to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A woman receives a coronavirus vaccine shot from a health worker at a vaccination site in Taguig City on April 29, 2021. (Ali...