A few days after the arrival of Moderna vaccines in the country, San Juan City started on Wednesday the use of the said vaccines in its COVID-19 vaccination program. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo by Patrick Garcia) The launch was held at the FilOil Flying V Centre, San Juan's main...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday, June 29, called on the government's pandemic task force to impose sanctions on health workers and other vaccinators involved in the misadministration of coronavirus vaccines to the public, which he said, also happens in Quezon City and "all over" the...
The emergence and spread of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could hamper the Philippines' economic recovery if not prevented, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said on Monday, June 28. Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship...
Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay has confirmed that the viral video of a nurse forgetting to administer the COVID-19 vaccine was taken at a vaccination site in Makati City, but assured that the "human error" was immediately corrected. “We acknowledge the video. It was human error on the part of the...
More than 200,000 individuals have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Monday (June 28). "Good news, lampas na tayo doon sa (we have breached the) 200,000 jab mark, nasa 205,000 na tayo ngayon (we are now at 205,000). Karamihan niyan ay first dose,...
A total of 10,065,414 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered as of June 27, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. Photo courtesy DOH Data released by the DOH showed 7,538,128 Filipinos have received their first doses, while 2,527,286 have already...
The government should start considering buying more effective and cheaper vaccines to inject to the Filipino population to ensure better protection against the COVID-19, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Saturday, June 26. Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) In a radio...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday said President Duterte should follow Vice President Leni Robredo's lead in encouraging Filipinos to get vaccinated against COVID-19 without threatening of putting them to jail. "VP Leni is encouraging a lot of people to be inoculated without threatening...
An apologetic vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. sought the understanding of local government units (LGUs) after the limited supply of vaccines again affected the speed of the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DANGEROUS TIMES--Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr....
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Tuesday that the city now only has 67 active COVID-19 cases as of June 21. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) In a Facebook post, Zamora also said that four barangays in the city have been declared COVID-19 free. "Four barangays, namely,...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto urged his constituents on Monday to be patient as they wait for their turn to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto Sotto issued the call during his update to the city after a resident asked why the city's vaccination program seems too slow. "Minsan...
Metro Manila cities and its lone municipality are racing to reach the finish line when their targeted numbers of people have been vaccinated to achieve "population protection" or "herd immunity" against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Leading the cities is San Juan. As of June 19, the city, led...
