Some social media users took to social media to express worry about the non-inclusion of the delivery of Russian vaccine Sputnik V this month, saying some of them have yet to receive their second dose. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov...
More than 17.98 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be delivered in the country in the remaining days of the month, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 revealed Monday night, August 9. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the country's...
Individuals age 12 to 17 years old may soon be allowed to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in the country to counter the potentially devastating effects of the highly transmissible Delta variant on children. Children line up during a feeding program initiated by the Philippine Coast Guard...
The national government received Sunday afternoon, August 8, the third tranche of the Moderna vaccine that it procured through a tripartite agreement with the private sector represented by the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and owned by ports mogul Enrique Razon Jr. The...
The National Task Force Against COVID-19 will conduct an investigation of the alleged initiative to “sabotage” the government’s vaccination drive. People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) NTF deputy...
The national government has surpassed at an impressive speed its target for this month to inoculate 700,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site established at the Ninoy Aquino...
Exactly five months since the inoculation program began, only 12.87 percent out of the more than 70 million targeted eligible population have so far been fully vaccinated, raising questions if the national government can achieve its goal of achieving herd immunity by the end of 2021. An airport...
The vaccination program in the National Capital Region (NCR) will not be stopped despite the enforcement of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20 to prevent a Delta-driven spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Retired Major Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr.,...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. lauded medical frontliners and local government unit (LGU) officials on Saturday, July 24, for continuing the inoculation program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) even with the incessant rains caused by southwest monsoon (habagat) and enhanced by typhoon...
More than 500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) arrived in the country on Wednesday night, July 21. (FILES) This file photo taken on November 17, 2020 shows vials with Covid-19 vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer....
An additional supply of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were deployed in places that are considered as "areas of concern" amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National...
Due to the big volume of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines delivered in recent weeks, the country managed to establish a stockpile of jabs that can last until August 17, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. assured late Monday night, July 19. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the...
