The use of booster shots does not guarantee the safety of an individual against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a health expert said on Thursday, Aug. 26. (FILES) In this file photo taken on August 7, 2021 a syringe is filled with a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a mobile...
Persons who falsify information and deliberately lie to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots will now be penalized in Muntinlupa. The Muntinlupa City Council passed Ordinance No. 2021-262 “penalizing the dishonest and untruthful declaration of any person undergoing vaccination” and...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israelis aged 40 and over will be able to receive coronavirus vaccine booster shots starting this weekend, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said Thursday, as the country battles a spike in infections. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines (AFP/Getty Images) Israel was one of the first...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III on Thursday announced that the municipal government will vaccinate people from other local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila. This, after Pateros achieved its target of vaccinating 80 percent of its eligible population for the first dose, or 56,000...
A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Garlan, western France, on May 31, 2021. Fred TANNEAU / AFP The government is mulling over the idea of providing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster doses to healthcare workers and...
Former health secretary and Iloilo Representative Janette Garin on Wednesday said she supports calls for booster shots to be given to individuals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Garin, who earlier admitted to having tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated said,...
Despite the emergence of scary mutations or variants, the head of a pro-science consumer advocacy group says it would take a while before so-called "booster" shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) become acceptable in the Philippines. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) According...
The use of coronavirus disease (COVID) vaccine booster shots for fully vaccinated individuals, particularly those immunocompromised would hinge on the vaccine supply in the country, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) said Monday, Aug. 16. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)...
Malacañang appealed to the public to not go to different local government units (LGUs) to get coronavirus (COVID-19) booster shots, saying there were still many people who have not received a single dose yet. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement...
Amid the detection of the first case of the Lambda variant in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said strict community quarantine protocols and adherence to public health standards are still the best protection against any variant of the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is supporting the move to pass ordinances that penalize people from getting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots amid the limited supply of the vaccine and large number of Filipinos who are willing to be vaccinated but have to wait for long due to the...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stand that the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots is not yet officially recommended at this point. “Unang-una, kaya hindi pa mairekomenda ang booster doses, aside from equity of course as a major...
