The private sector has Vice President Leni Robredo’s gratitude as she recognized on Monday, June 21, the work they did in helping the government in its COVID-19 response by shouldering the cost of vaccinating their employees in order to attain herd immunity. Vice President Leni Robredo delivers...
With the anticipated arrival of more coronavirus vaccines, the government is optimistic the country could inoculate 70 million people before the end of the year and hopefully celebrate a "maskless" holiday season. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Monday, June 22, that removal of quarantine classifications will be possibly enforced if herd immunity from the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is achieved in the country. In an interview over ABS-CBN’s...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has asked government stakeholders and the private sector to prepare for the “next normal,” specifically to give the vaccinated population “greater mobility” by allowing them to travel without quarantine restrictions and RT-PCR...
Of the more than 6,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases recorded Monday, June 14, the Department of Health (DOH) said 832 came from the National Capital Region (NCR) DOH/MB But Health Secretary Francisco Duterte III said Region 4A or Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) had...
Manila Bulletin File Photo The Department of Health (DOH) said that it aims at achieving “population protection” in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus 8 by the end of this year. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said, however, that this goal still depends on the country’s vaccine...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Friday that the city now only has 88 active COVID-19 cases as of June 10. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora) "I attribute this to the concerted efforts of the San Juaneño people to follow health protocols and our local government's intensified...
The Pasay City Government ranked first in the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, according to the data from the Department of Health (DOH). (Pasay City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, who was present during the commitment ceremony and symbolic vaccination of the A4...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma High vaccine hesitancy continues to be a major stumbling block in the long road to herd immunity that the Philippines is aspiring to achieve by the end of this year. In the event that the government’s most optimistic scenarios on vaccine delivery and distribution...
Of Trees and Forest Former Senate President Manny Villar As we near the halfway mark of the year, it has become increasingly clear that ending the COVID-19 pandemic is dependent on our capacity to vaccinate our people. Of course, we should continue to strictly implement health protocols—wear...
Despite the coronavirus vaccine supply problems, the Philippines should still aim for high targets on COVID-19 vaccination to achieve herd immunity, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 30. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP/Facebook) Speaking on her weekly radio show with radioman Ely...
Vice President Leni Robredo believed that the country can meet its target to achieve "population protection" but said it would have been better if the government stuck with the original goal which was "herd immunity." VP Leni Robredo (Geric Cruz/Bloomberg) Robredo made the statement after the...
