As the Philippines again records thousands of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases daily, President Duterte on Tuesday, Jan. 4, pointed at the highly transmissible Omicron variant as the culprit for the decreased mobility of Filipinos. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) may have fallen short of its target in fully vaccinating 54 million Filipinos by the end of 2021 but this does not deter them to set new goals and protect as many lives as possible this 2022. A woman gets her COVID-19 vaccine...
To counter the Omicron variant, the National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) will adopt an enhanced version of the strategy that was used to beat the Delta variant. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Under the said strategy, NTF chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said the...
Hotels and other leisure facilities used as quarantine sites will now be subjected to inspection following the reported breach of quarantine procedures in a posh Makati City establishment, the National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) said Friday, Dec. 31. A medical...
It will be a better Christmas for Filipinos this year as more than 93 million people have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the National Task Force Against COVID-19 declared on Thursday, Dec. 9. Of the figure, a total of 10,254,560 of them were given during the...
The country is now beginning to prepare the healthcare system to mitigate the effects of the Omicron variant since officials believe that it is only a “matter of time” before it arrives. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. says the government is already preparing the healthcare system ahead of the...
Everything is set for the launch of the first round of the “National Vaccination Days” on Monday, Nov. 29, which aims to inoculate nine million Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. holds a virtual press briefing on Nov. 28, 2021 ahead of the...
To speed up the rollout of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, local government units (LGUs) were urged by the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to be creative in their inoculation strategies, including the conduct of house-to-house vaccination. Assistant Sec. Wilben Mayor (Photo: NTF...
The national government is eyeing to fully vaccinate at least 50 million Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before the end of 2021 and it is inching closer to hitting its target with the support of international partners, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Friday, Oct. 29....
The country will receive its 100 millionth dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine with the scheduled delivery of Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs on Thursday, Oct. 28. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo: NTF Against COVID-19 As of this writing, the vaccine supply stood at 97,678,340 doses...
A total of 72 minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities were vaccinated in Muntinlupa on the first day of the rollout by the national and city governments. The vaccination of minors, classified by the Department of Health (DOH) as Pediatric A3, was held on Oct. 25 at the city-run Ospital ng...
After its pilot implementation in the National Capital Region (NCR), the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of children and adolescents aged 12 to 17 will officially be rolled out nationwide on Oct. 29. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. faces the media during the arrival of 1,016,730 doses of Pfizer...
