The Muntinlupa City government has administered more than 800 booster shots mostly to fully vaccinated frontline health workers. According to the City Health Office, as of Nov. 23, 869 doses of booster shots have been given. Of the total, 801, or 92 percent, are healthcare workers belonging to the...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government has started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens (A2 priority group) and persons with comorbidities (A3), and non-residents can avail of the medical service. The municipal government began administering booster shots...
The Caloocan City government started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens and persons with comorbidities on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Individuals who want to get their booster shots can visit the city’s vaccination sites from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Both the senior citizens and persons with...
The decision of President Duterte on whether he will take a booster shot against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) depends on his physician’s advice, Malacañang said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. President Rodrigo Duterte receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco...
The Las Pinas City government started administering booster shots against COVID-19 to the city's senior citizens on Tuesday (Nov. 23). Paul San Miguel, Public Information Office chief, said Mayor Imelda Aguilar is targeting about 4,000 senior citizens in the city to get the booster shot per day....
Which brand should you get? CLINICAL MATTERS With the FDA giving the greenlight for the use of boosters among healthcare workers this November, the first legal boosters have already gone into some of the A1 group’s arms, including mine. At the time of this writing, only healthcare workers have...
Medical frontliners in Quezon City can get their COVID-19 booster shots starting Nov. 22, the local government announced on Friday, Nov 19. The inoculation of booster shots will be held in different hospitals and vaccination sites in the city. The schedule, venues, and process of the vaccinations...
The Muntinlupa City government started giving fully vaccinated frontline healthcare workers their booster shots on Friday, Nov. 19. A ceremonial administration of booster shots was held at SM Center Muntinlupa in Bgy. Tunasan. Other vaccination sites that will start giving booster shots are Ayala...
The Las Pinas City government will start administering COVID-19 booster short to the city’s health workers on Saturday (Nov. 20) Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the City Health Office (CHO) recorded a total of 3,700 health workers belonging to the A1 category who were fully vaccinated and scheduled to...
A vaccine expert from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Nov. 18, that the elderly should also be urgently prioritized in the country’s administration of booster shots against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP)...
The Taguig City government started giving booster shots to fully vaccinated healthcare workers on Wednesday, Nov. 17. It was held at the vaccination hub at Samsung Hall in SM Aura at Bonifacio Global City in Bgy. Fort Bonifacio. “Salute to Taguig City Government for being one of the first cities...
Healthcare workers at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City were among the first to get the booster shots provided by the national government as “early Christmas gifts” to them after its administration was officially launched on Wednesday, Nov. 17. A healthcare...
