The administration of booster shots of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to healthcare workers, senior citizens, and individuals with comorbidities will likely begin next month. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was the estimate given by Sec. Carlito Galvez JR., vaccine czar and chief...
Clinical Matters Nothing is more contentious these days than the discussion surrounding additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Israel, having reached a high level of vaccination for its citizens, started offering boosters to its elderly population early on, followed by younger and younger age...
The Facebook post started by asking how much is a bike worth? Kenneth Adrian Lazaro Ponce was at his prime. He was turning 21 years old this November 15, 2021 when his life was taken last October 3. Initial reports from Kawit Mdrrm o revealed the following it was a hit-and-run vehicular accident...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Eric Domingo on Friday, Sept. 24, warned the private sector against purchasing coronavirus vaccines that will be administered as "booster shots." During a forum organized by the University of the Philippines (UP),...
A member of the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) is weighing the need for booster coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for frontline health workers who received Sinovac jab. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Dr. Rontgene Solante, who is also an infectious diseases expert,...
Healthcare workers (HCWs) will be the first ones to be given a booster shot for an added protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot from RTVM livestream) Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday, Sept. 13, that the administration of booster shots...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- An ISIS-inspired terrorist stabbed six people at an Auckland supermarket on Friday before police who had him under surveillance shot him dead, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. ''What happened today was despicable, it was hateful, it was wrong,'' she said,...
President Duterte reiterated his call to the public to not skip their second shot of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, saying this is the only protection the government can offer the people amid the ongoing health crisis. President Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/ MANILA...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Over two million Israelis have received the third booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the state's Ministry of Health said on Sunday. So far, 2,013,080 people in Israel have received the booster shots after the third dose campaign in the country began on Aug. 1. Teachers,...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, August 24, reminded the public that the government has not approved booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine because a majority of Filipinos haven’t had their first doses yet. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The family of wood chopper Alberto delos Reyes, who was gunned down in front of his 10-year-old son by a policeman in Marinduque last month, has been appealing for justice amid the slow progress of the investigation. (FLICKR / FILE PHOTO) Alberto was allegedly killed by Police Corporal Jay Anthony...
Police have ruled out robbery as a possible motive behind the killing of a former tabloid newspaper editor, who is also a businesswoman, in Quezon City after they found that the perpetrator only shot dead the victim and did not take anything before fleeing the crime scene. Based on the recent...
