The first batch of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine that will be used for the inoculation of children aged five to 11 years old will finally arrive on Thursday, Feb. 3. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE-- Street children are seen playing along Lacson Ave. Sampaloc, Manila on Aug. 30, 2021. (File...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. enumerated on Saturday night, Jan. 22, at least three reasons why the vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) slowed down in the past few weeks. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Galvez said the destruction brought by typhoon “Odette,”...
Vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are projected to be commercially available in pharmacies and private sector clinics nationwide by 2023, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. bared Friday, Jan. 21. Economic frontliner Mario Jazul receives his booster shot from nurse Karen Valdez during...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in the biggest drugstores and clinic networks in the country will officially kick off on Thursday, Jan. 20, according to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19. A mercury drug store on Quirino Avenue in Manila sets up chairs and tables on...
Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has sought the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the emergency use of its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, CoronaVac, on children aged three to 17 years old. The national government launches the COVID-19 vaccination of the...
Drug stores and pharmaceutical clinics are now being considered by the national government to be used as additional vaccination sites to speed up the administration of booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the eligible population. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot...
More than 54 million Filipinos have now been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), setting up a new milestone in the country’s national vaccination program. A woman receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine in a vaccination event in Taguig City. (Screenshot from Taguig LGU...
The vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) of 15.56 million children aged five to 11 will officially kick off on February 1 to 7. (File photo) Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said the Pfizer vaccine with adjusted solution fit for the use of the said age bracket will arrive in the...
More or less 100 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are still in the government's stockpile and will be used to vaccinate some 28 million to 30 million Filipinos who remain unvaccinated. Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National...
Around 90 million Filipinos are targeted to be inoculated by the national government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the end of second quarter of 2022 or in June, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday night, Jan. 10. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. During the “Talk to the...
All the coronavirus disease vaccines that were damaged in areas hit by typhoon “Odette” last month will be replaced by the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, a government official assured Sunday, Jan. 9. A total of 2,703,870 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrive at NAIA Terminal 2 on...
Due to the prevailing coronavirus disease pandemic, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 approved the recommendation to suspend the traditional procession of Black Nazarene or “Traslacion” this year and all other activities related to it. SUPER-SPREADER EVENT--A typical traslacion of...
